An Active Detection Scheme for Sensor Spoofing in Grid-tied PV Systems
In this paper an active detection scheme for sensor spoofing (manipulated externally via a cyber attack) in grid-tied PV systems is discussed. The core of the proposed active detection scheme is to introduce a private (secret) watermarking signal into the control inputs of the DC-DC converter and DC-AC inverter stages to detect any malicious spoofing (manipulation) of voltage/current sensor measurements controlling both the DC-DC converter maximum power point tracking (MPPT) stage and the DC-AC inverter of the grid-tied PV system. Several types of possible spoofing mechanisms (attack models) are discussed. The proposed sensor spoofing attack detector system consists of injecting a small magnitude of digital watermarking signal (DWS) and conduct three statistical watermark tests on the reported sensor measurements to determine if a) the proposed system is healthy and operating as expected b) if sensor signals were spoofed (manipulated) externally or c) if a particular sensor is malfunctioning due to a faulty hardware. It is shown via extensive simulations that the proposed DWS approach is robust in detecting malicious external manipulation of sensors controlling the grid tied PV system. A testing platform is currently under development and the experimental results will be discussed in the conference presentation.
- Research Organization:
- Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0009031
- OSTI ID:
- 2427400
- Journal Information:
- 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Journal Name: 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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