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An Alternative Timing and Synchronization Approach for Situational Awareness and Predictive Analytics
Abstract
Accurate and synchronized timing information is required by power system operators for controlling the grid infrastructure (relays, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), etc.) and determining asset positions. Satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) is the primary source of timing information. However, GPS disruptions today (both intentional and unintentional) can significantly compromise the reliability and security of our electric grids. A robust alternate source for accurate timing is critical to serve both as a deterrent against malicious attacks and as a redundant system in enhancing the resilience against extreme events that could disrupt the GPS network. To achieve this, we rely on the highly accurate, terrestrial atomic clock-based network for alternative timing and synchronization. In this paper, we discuss an experimental setup for an alternative timing approach. The data obtained from this experimental setup is continuously monitored and analyzed using various time deviation metrics. We also use these metrics to compute deviations of our clock with respect to the National Institute of Standards and Technologys (NIST) GPS data. The results obtained from these metric computations are elaborately discussed. Finally, we discuss the integration of the procedures involved, like real-time data ingestion, metric computation, and result visualization, in a novel microservices-based architecture for situationalmore »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1887690
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science (IRI) - Virtual, Ohio, United States of America - 8/9/2022 12:00:00 PM-8/11/2022 12:00:00 PM
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Chinthavali, Supriya, Hasan, S M Shamimul, Yoginath, Srikanth, Xu, Haowen, Nugent, Phil, Jones, Terry, Engebretsen, Cozmo, Olatt, Joseph, Tansakul, Varisara, and Christopher, Carter. An Alternative Timing and Synchronization Approach for Situational Awareness and Predictive Analytics. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1109/IRI54793.2022.00047.
Chinthavali, Supriya, Hasan, S M Shamimul, Yoginath, Srikanth, Xu, Haowen, Nugent, Phil, Jones, Terry, Engebretsen, Cozmo, Olatt, Joseph, Tansakul, Varisara, & Christopher, Carter. An Alternative Timing and Synchronization Approach for Situational Awareness and Predictive Analytics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/IRI54793.2022.00047
Chinthavali, Supriya, Hasan, S M Shamimul, Yoginath, Srikanth, Xu, Haowen, Nugent, Phil, Jones, Terry, Engebretsen, Cozmo, Olatt, Joseph, Tansakul, Varisara, and Christopher, Carter. 2022.
"An Alternative Timing and Synchronization Approach for Situational Awareness and Predictive Analytics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/IRI54793.2022.00047. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1887690.
@article{osti_1887690,
title = {An Alternative Timing and Synchronization Approach for Situational Awareness and Predictive Analytics},
author = {Chinthavali, Supriya and Hasan, S M Shamimul and Yoginath, Srikanth and Xu, Haowen and Nugent, Phil and Jones, Terry and Engebretsen, Cozmo and Olatt, Joseph and Tansakul, Varisara and Christopher, Carter},
abstractNote = {Accurate and synchronized timing information is required by power system operators for controlling the grid infrastructure (relays, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), etc.) and determining asset positions. Satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) is the primary source of timing information. However, GPS disruptions today (both intentional and unintentional) can significantly compromise the reliability and security of our electric grids. A robust alternate source for accurate timing is critical to serve both as a deterrent against malicious attacks and as a redundant system in enhancing the resilience against extreme events that could disrupt the GPS network. To achieve this, we rely on the highly accurate, terrestrial atomic clock-based network for alternative timing and synchronization. In this paper, we discuss an experimental setup for an alternative timing approach. The data obtained from this experimental setup is continuously monitored and analyzed using various time deviation metrics. We also use these metrics to compute deviations of our clock with respect to the National Institute of Standards and Technologys (NIST) GPS data. The results obtained from these metric computations are elaborately discussed. Finally, we discuss the integration of the procedures involved, like real-time data ingestion, metric computation, and result visualization, in a novel microservices-based architecture for situational awareness.},
doi = {10.1109/IRI54793.2022.00047},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1887690},
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place = {United States},
year = {2022},
month = {8}
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