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Modeling and Analysis of Dependability and Interdependency Failures in Smart Grids: Study on how the wide usage of ICT changes the Dependability in the future Power Grid

Wäfler, Jonas
Doctoral thesis
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2016
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Abstract
The transition from the current electrical power grid towards a smart grid is driven

by new technologies and services. Traditional dedicated power grid components

are exchanged with more powerful and highly configurable devices that are interconnected

and help monitoring and controlling the power grid. The power grid is

a critical infrastructure with high dependability requirements. The pervasive use

of information and communication technology (ICT) to support the operation in

the smart grid creates a complex interdependent system in which the dependability

of the ICT systems plays an important role for the overall dependability. Additionally,

interdependent system-of-systems feature new failure modes not found in

simple systems. Therefore, it becomes crucial to understand and address the dependability

issues in the smart grid in order not to risk a decreasing dependability

with the introduction of new technology.

The objective of this thesis has been to analyze how the dependability of the

power grid changes with the introduction of smart grid technologies, to propose

new dependability models and propose operational support mechanisms for the

control center to detect and master the expected dependability issues in the smart

grid. The first step of the research was to conduct literature studies to find new dependability

challenges in the smart grid. Based on that, the consequences of these

new challenges are assessed with the help of analytical models and simulations.

My findings show that there are several challenges such as cascading and escalating

failures, latent errors and a risk of automation waiting when transitioning

towards a smart grid. The qualitative and quantitative analysis show that these

effects can have a strong impact on the total dependability of the smart grid and

need to be considered. The analysis also shows that smart services like demand

response or automatic detection and isolation of failures can help improving the

dependability if implemented with the right supporting measures. As a conclusion

from the analysis, I give a list of guidelines for the control center on how to

address the future challenges. One of the central advices from this thesis to the

electrical utilities is, that they should try to thoroughly understand their specific interdependencies by analyzing their systems, processes and organizational structure.

The next step is then to create awareness inside the company and invest in

preparedness and mitigation strategies.

Overall, this thesis contributes to the discussion on new dependability challenges

in the smart grid, the definition of realistic use cases illustrating how they

might affect the system, the quantification of their consequences, and the discussion

on how the utilities might address these new challenges.
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Paper A: Wäfler, Jonas; Heegaard, Poul Einar. Interdependency Modeling in Smart Grid and the Influence of ICT on Dependability. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2013 s. 185-196 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40552-5_17

Paper B: Wäfler, Jonas; Heegaard, Poul Einar. A Combined Structural and Dynamic Modelling Approach for Dependability Analysis in Smart Grid. I: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2013 ISBN 978-1-4503-1656-9. s. 660-665 - Is not included due to copyright avialable at http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2480362.2480489

Paper C: Wäfler, Jonas; Heegaard, Poul Einar. Structural Dependability Analysis in Smart Grid under Simultaneous Failures. I: Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm). IEEE Press 2013 ISBN 978-1-4799-1526-2. s. 67-72 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2013.6687935 - (c) 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.

Paper D: Wäfler, Jonas; Heegaard, Poul Einar. Quantifying Influence of Strategies and Network Properties in Repairing Simultaneous Failures in Smart Grid. NIK: Norsk Informatikkonferanse 2014 s.

Paper E: Wäfler, Jonas; Heegaard, Poul Einar. How to Use Mobile Communication in Critical Infrastructures: A Dependability Analysis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2015 ;Volum 9338 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24249-1_29

Paper F: Wäfler, Jonas; Heegaard, Poul Einar. Interdependency in Smart Grid Recovery. I: 7th International Workshop on Reliable Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM 2015). IEEE Computer Society 2015 ISBN 978-1-4673-8049-2. s. 201-207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RNDM.2015.7325230 (c) 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.

Paper G: Heegaard, Poul Einar; Helvik, Bjarne Emil; Nencioni, Gianfranco; Wäfler, Jonas. Managed Dependability in Interacting Systems. I: Principles of Performance and Reliability Modeling and Evaluation Essays in Honor of Kishor Trivedi on his 70th Birthday. Springer 2016 ISBN 978-3-319-30597-4. s. 197-226 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30599-8_8
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