Real-time hybrid state estimation incorporating SCADA and PMU measurements

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel hybrid state estimation method using traditional SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) and newly deployed limited PMU (Phasor Measurement Unit) measurements. System states are estimated when a set of SCADA and/or PMU measurements come in. As PMU measurements come much faster (typically one sample in 20ms) than SCADA measurements (typically one sample in 10 seconds), in between two SCADA measurements, system states of PMU unobservable buses are interpolated using an interpolation matrix (H)live PMU measurements. In between two SCADA samples, if PMU measurements change significantly, pre-computed interpolation matrix (H) is compensated with a sensitivity change matrix (ΔH) and system states are estimated using the corrected interpolation matrix. In order to compute the ΔH, the method classified the measurement set into four sub-sets i.e. PMU measurements, SCADA measurements of PMU boundary buses with significant change, SCADA measurements adjacent to the selected boundary buses, and remaining SCADA measurements and run a modified weighted least square method with different weights corresponding to each sub-set of measurements. This compensation improves the estimation accuracy significantly. Effectiveness of the proposed scheme is evaluated on a number of IEEE benchmark test systems and evaluation results are presented in this paper. © 2012 IEEE.