TITLE:
Catastrophe of Power Transmission System
AUTHORS:
Naim H. Afgan, Dejan B. Cvetinovic, Petros A. Pilavachi
KEYWORDS:
Power Transmission System; Catastrophe Event; Resilience Index; Resilience Capacity
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.5 No.8,
September
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: Power systems are critical infrastructures in the same way as gas and oil networks, water networks, transportation networks, telecommunications systems and computer systems. These complex networked systems are increasingly interdependent on each other, as the digital society matures on a global scale. A typical example of a critical infrastructure vulnerability that undergoes rising vulnerability to catastrophic failure is the power transmission network. There are several reasons for such a situation to prevail. Firstly, as witnessed in developed countries, there has been a very slow expansion of the high voltage transmission grid during recent decades due to stringent regulations put forward in response to environmental concerns. Secondly, there are the profound structural reforms that the power industry has embarked on, which are geared toward the emergence and consolidation of competitive energy markets. In the evaluation of catastrophe of the power transmission system, the most important parameter to be taken into a consideration is resilience index of electro-magnet floury. In particular, it has been taken into consideration its effect on the different fields of human interest.