Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2013
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Ian Dobson
Abstract
Large blackouts typically involve the cascading outage of transmission lines. However, little is known about the overall patterns of cascading outages. This research processes and initially examines observed utility data to explore the spatial spreading of cascading failure. The utility data is combined from two different sources, one year of recorded transmission line outages and a description of the grid connections. This requires extensive work relating different descriptions of the same grid. An initial analysis of the statistics of the spreading is presented, and the potential and implications of a new statistical approach to cascade spreading is assessed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-180810-3566
Copyright Owner
Lingyun Ding
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
44 pages
Recommended Citation
Ding, Lingyun, "An Initial Exploration of Spatial Spreading of Cascading Failure in an Electric Power System" (2013). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 13551.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13551
