A Novel Integer Linear Programming Based Optimal PMU Placement Model

Yikui Li, Jie Li, Lei Wu

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Abstract

State estimator is the foundation of system awareness as well as a variety of other widely deployed applications. Indeed, the deployment of phasor measurement units (PMU) has highly advanced the accuracy and granularity of state estimators. However, deploying PMUs to all buses is neither physically necessary nor financially viable for granting full observability of the system. Consequently, by leveraging system observability and capital costs of PMUs, PMUs could be optimally placed in a system that would minimize total investment costs while also satisfying observability requirements. This paper proposes a novel integer linear programming (ILP) based optimal PMU placement (OPP) model, in which detailed PMU installation costs are considered. More importantly, different from existing OPP models that are based on network connectivity matrix, the proposed model defines bus observability indicators to explicitly describe how individual buses achieve their observability, namely propagation of the observability from one bus to another. In addition, contributions of zero injection buses for providing extra observability and consequently reducing total investment cost are accurately formulated via carefully crafted constraints. Numerical studies illustrate effects of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2018
ISBN (Electronic)9781538671382
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2018
Event2018 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2018 - Fargo, United States
Duration: 9 Sep 201811 Sep 2018

Publication series

Name2018 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2018

Conference

Conference2018 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityFargo
Period9/09/1811/09/18

Keywords

  • Integer linear programming
  • Optimal PMU placement
  • Phasor measurement unit
  • Wide area measurement system
  • Zero injection bus

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