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Why Dealing with Electrical Faults for Smart Microgrid is not Enough?

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With increasing use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in smart grids, the need to study the faults induced by software and communication systems is important towards realizing stable operation of microgrids. Since the effect of faults in the electrical, communication and software systems is different, the impact of these faults in each other system, the knowledge of their effects and causes is necessary to design appropriate recovery actions. In this paper, we study the faults and their impact on the microgrids. We emphasize on the necessity of software and communication fault handling in order to create resilient microgrids. This paper highlights the effects of software and communication faults on electrical system and vice-versa. A detailed study of the commonly occurring faults in a microgrid and their cascading effects is presented. Towards this a cause-and-effect analysis of the commonly occurring faults on the performance of the microgrid is carried out. Finally, we identify potential research areas where the fault handling approaches can be included and improved to make the microgrid more resilient.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Markus Duchon, Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh, Dr. Aryadevi R D, Mr. Sudharsan V C and Shri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi for supporting the research work. This work was partly done under the Project “Smart Services and Optimization for Microgrids (SSOM)” in the scheme of Project-based Personnel Exchange Program with Indo-German (DST-DAAD) Joint Research Collaboration.

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Gupta, P.K., Narayanan Babu, S.S., Mohandas Sheeladevi, A., Pampana, V. (2022). Why Dealing with Electrical Faults for Smart Microgrid is not Enough?. In: Paiva, S., et al. Science and Technologies for Smart Cities. SmartCity 360 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 442. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06371-8_5

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