Overview
An important aspect of power grid modernization is providing system operators with real-time visibility across wide areas of the system. Over the past 20 years, this visibility has significantly improved with the deployment of high-speed synchronized measurement systems. Many applications have been deployed by grid operators as new capabilities continue to be developed.
In this presentation, I will begin with an overview of today’s advanced measurement systems and their use in control rooms. Next, I will discuss the development and field demonstration of applications for monitoring power system stability, identifying the sources of wide-area oscillations, and automatically reviewing generator performance. The presentation will conclude with a discussion on how the widespread deployment of inverter-based resources is driving interest in a new generation of wide-area monitoring systems with even more advanced capabilities.
Speaker Biography
Dr. Jim Follum received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He joined the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in 2014, where his research focuses on the application of signal processing techniques to problems of power system dynamics. He has contributed to multiple software tools designed to detect and analyze power system disturbances in synchronized power system measurements. He leads the DOE’s North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI)
working group, co-chairs the DOE Grid Modernization Initiative’s Operations Pillar, and co-chairs the IEEE Power and Energy Society’s Task Force on Forced Oscillations.