<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Electricity is one of the crucial energies of modern society, but it is greatly threatened by various kinds of menaces, especially natural hazards. Although they rarely happen, their occurrence may hugely affect the operation of power system. In this paper, we firstly, according the impact on power systems, classify natural threats into two categories (natural disasters and extreme weather conditions) and several subcategories (geological, hydrological, meteorological and climatological). Then the changes in natural threats to power systems and their trends during recent decades are discussed, along with a review of events that pose natural threats to the power system. Finally, the georeferenced model based on the Italy transmission system for natural threats analysis is presented.</p></abstract>

Electricity is one of the crucial energies of modern society, but it is greatly threatened by various kinds of menaces, especially natural hazards. Although they rarely happen, their occurrence may hugely affect the operation of power system. In this paper, we firstly, according the impact on power systems, classify natural threats into two categories (natural disasters and extreme weather conditions) and several subcategories (geological, hydrological, meteorological and climatological). Then the changes in natural threats to power systems and their trends during recent decades are discussed, along with a review of events that pose natural threats to the power system. Finally, the georeferenced model based on the Italy transmission system for natural threats analysis is presented.

Analysis and Visualization of Natural Threats Against the Security of Electricity Transmission System

Dipartmento Energia, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129,

Terna Rete Italia SpA, Via S. Botticelli, 139, Torino, 10154,

Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Via Enrico Fermi, 2749, Ispra VA, 21027,

The Scientific Bulletin of Electrical Engineering Faculty

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Electricity is one of the crucial energies of modern society, but it is greatly threatened by various kinds of menaces, especially natural hazards. Although...

Analysis and Visualization of Natural Threats Against the Security of Electricity Transmission System

Published Online: Apr 06, 2017

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbeef-2016-0019

Keywords
Natural threats, Georeferenced model, Steady state contingency analysis, Italian power system

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Analysis and Visualization of Natural Threats Against the Security of Electricity Transmission System

Published Online: Apr 06, 2017

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbeef-2016-0019

KeywordsNatural threats, Georeferenced model, Steady state contingency analysis, Italian power system

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Natural threats, Georeferenced model, Steady state contingency analysis, Italian power system