Simulation Based Modeling for a Cybersecure Power Grid

A Tale of Two Entities

ACM Transactions on Internet of Things ◽

10.1145/3437258 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Hossam ElHussini ◽

Chadi Assi ◽

Bassam Moussa ◽

Ribal Atallah ◽

Ali Ghrayeb

Keyword(s):

Power Flow ◽

Power Grid ◽

Communication Protocols ◽

Charging Infrastructure ◽

Electric Vehicle Charging ◽

Public Data ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Charging Stations ◽

The Impact ◽

Ev Charging

With the growing market of Electric Vehicles (EV), the procurement of their charging infrastructure plays a crucial role in their adoption. Within the revolution of Internet of Things, the EV charging infrastructure is getting on board with the introduction of smart Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS), a myriad set of communication protocols, and different entities. We provide in this article an overview of this infrastructure detailing the participating entities and the communication protocols. Further, we contextualize the current deployment of EVCSs through the use of available public data. In the light of such a survey, we identify two key concerns, the lack of standardization and multiple points of failures, which renders the current deployment of EV charging infrastructure vulnerable to an array of different attacks. Moreover, we propose a novel attack scenario that exploits the unique characteristics of the EVCSs and their protocol (such as high power wattage and support for reverse power flow) to cause disturbances to the power grid. We investigate three different attack variations; sudden surge in power demand, sudden surge in power supply, and a switching attack. To support our claims, we showcase using a real-world example how an adversary can compromise an EVCS and create a traffic bottleneck by tampering with the charging schedules of EVs. Further, we perform a simulation-based study of the impact of our proposed attack variations on the WSCC 9 bus system. Our simulations show that an adversary can cause devastating effects on the power grid, which might result in blackout and cascading failure by comprising a small number of EVCSs.

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Research on Performance of Real-Time Simulation Based on Inverter-Dominated Power Grid

IEEE Access ◽

10.1109/access.2020.3016177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 1137-1153

Author(s):

Xinya Song ◽

Hui Cai ◽

Teng Jiang ◽

Tom Sennewald ◽

Jan Kircheis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Power Grid ◽

Real Time Simulation ◽

Time Simulation ◽

Simulation Based

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Efficient simulation-based optimization of power grid with on-chip voltage regulator

2014 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) ◽

10.1109/aspdac.2014.6742946 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ting Yu ◽

Martin. D. F. Wong

Keyword(s):

Power Grid ◽

Voltage Regulator ◽

Efficient Simulation ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Simulation Based Optimization ◽

On Chip

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Analysis on Energy Loss of SVC Based on TCR and FC Mode Method

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.556-562.1537 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 556-562 ◽

pp. 1537-1540

Author(s):

Jia Zhou ◽

Xiao Long Tan ◽

Wen Bin Wang

Keyword(s):

Energy Loss ◽

Power Grid ◽

Ice Melting ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Mode Method

In recent years, as the SVC device have also been used for DC ice melting system, the installment is still on the rise, it is necessary to study the loss situation. This paper firstly analyzed the theory of the loss of its each part of the device, and then finished a simulation based on the PSCAD software. We hope the research can give some value guidance on SVC assembled for the power grid.

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