Voltage Stability Constrained Moving Target Defense Against Net Load Redistribution Attacks

Zhang, Hang; Liu, Bo; Liu, Xuebo; Pahwa, Anil; Wu, Hongyu

doi:10.1109/tsg.2022.3170839

Voltage Stability Constrained Moving Target Defense Against Net Load Redistribution Attacks

Journal Article · Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/tsg.2022.3170839· OSTI ID:1907375

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Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States); Kansas State University
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

Moving target defense (MTD) using distributed flexible AC transmission system (D-FACTS) devices is a promising defense strategy to detect stealthy false data injection (FDI) attacks against the power system state estimation. However, all existing studies myopically perturb the reactance of D-FACTS lines without considering the system voltage stability. In this paper, we first illustrate voltage instability induced by MTDs in a three-bus system. To address this issue, we further propose a novel MTD framework that explicitly considers system voltage stability by using continuation power flow and voltage stability indices. We mathematically derive the sensitivity matrix of voltage stability index to line impedance, on which an optimization problem for maximizing voltage stability index is formulated. This framework is tested on the IEEE 14-bus and the IEEE 118-bus transmission systems, in which net load redistribution attacks are launched by sophisticated attackers. Here, the simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed framework in circumventing the voltage instability while maintaining the detection effectiveness of MTD. We conduct case studies with and without the proposed framework under different MTD planning and operational methods. The impacts of the proposed two methods on attack detection effectiveness and system economic metrics are also revealed.

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Research Organization:: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; U.S. National Science Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0008767

OSTI ID:: 1907375

Report Number(s):: DOE-KSU--8767

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 13; ISSN 1949-3053

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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