Recent developments of FNET/GridEye — A situational awareness tool for smart grid

摘要

Wide-area monitoring systems (WAMS) are becoming increasingly vital for enhancing power grid operators' situational awareness capabilities. As a pilot WAMS that was initially deployed in 2003, the frequency monitoring network FNET/GridEye uses GPS-time-synchronized monitors called frequency disturbance recorders (FDRs) to capture dynamic grid behaviors. Over the past ten years, a large number of publications related to FNET/GridEye have been reported. In this paper, the most recent developments of FNET/GridEye sensors, data centers, and data analytics applications are reviewed. These works demonstrate that FNET/GridEye will become a cost-effective situational awareness tool for the future smart grid.