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Forced Oscillation Source Location via Multivariate Time Series Classification
Precisely locating low-frequency oscillation sources is the prerequisite of
suppressing sustained oscillation, which is an essential guarantee for the
secure and stable operation of power grids. Using synchrophasor measurements, a
machine learning method is proposed to locate the source of forced oscillation
in power systems. Rotor angle and active power of each power plant are utilized
to construct multivariate time series (MTS). Applying Mahalanobis distance
metric and dynamic time warping, the distance between MTS with different phases
or lengths can be appropriately measured. The obtained distance metric,
representing characteristics during the transient phase of forced oscillation
under different disturbance sources, is used for offline classifier training
and online matching to locate the disturbance source. Simulation results using
the four-machine two-area system and IEEE 39-bus system indicate that the
proposed location method can identify the power system forced oscillation
source online with high accuracy.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Accepted by 2018 IEEE/PES Transmission and
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Neutrino Geophysics at Baksan I: Possible Detection of Georeactor Antineutrinos
J.M. Herndon in 90-s proposed a natural nuclear fission georeactor at the
center of the Earth with a power output of 3-10 TW as an energy source to
sustain the Earth magnetic field. R.S. Raghavan in 2002 y. pointed out that
under certain condition antineutrinos generated in georeactor can be detected
using massive scintillation detectors. We consider the underground Baksan
Neutrino Observatory (4800 m.w.e.) as a possible site for developments in
Geoneutrino physics. Here the intrinsic background level of less than one
event/year in a liquid scintillation ~1000 target ton detector can be achieved
and the main source of background is the antineutrino flux from power reactors.
We find that this flux is ~10 times lower than at KamLAND detector site and two
times lower than at Gran Sasso laboratory and thus at Baksan the georeactor
hypothesis can be conclusively tested. We also discuss possible search for
composition of georector burning nuclear fuel by analysis of the antineutrino
energy spectrum.Comment: 7 pages in LaTeX, 3 PS figures, Submitted to Physics of Atomic Nucle
Reactor Antineutrinos Signal all over the world
We present an updated estimate of reactor antineutrino signal all over the
world, with particular attention to the sites proposed for existing and future
geo-neutrino experiment. In our calculation we take into account the most
updated data on Thermal Power for each nuclear plant, on reactor antineutrino
spectra and on three neutrino oscillation mechanism.Comment: 4 pages including 1 figur
Reactor Neutrinos
We review the status and the results of reactor neutrino experiments, that
toe the cutting edge of neutrino research. Short baseline experiments have
provided the measurement of the reactor neutrino spectrum, and are still
searching for important phenomena such as the neutrino magnetic moment. They
could open the door to the measurement of coherent neutrino scattering in a
near future. Middle and long baseline oscillation experiments at Chooz and
KamLAND have played a relevant role in neutrino oscillation physics in the last
years. It is now widely accepted that a new middle baseline disappearance
reactor neutrino experiment with multiple detectors could provide a clean
measurement of the last undetermined neutrino mixing angle theta13. We conclude
by opening on possible use of neutrinos for Society: NonProliferation of
Nuclear materials and Geophysics
Using Effective Generator Impedance for Forced Oscillation Source Location
Locating the sources of forced low-frequency oscillations in power systems is
an important problem. A number of proposed methods demonstrate their practical
usefulness, but many of them rely on strong modeling assumptions and provide
poor performance in certain cases for reasons still not well understood. This
paper proposes a systematic method for locating the source of a forced
oscillation by considering a generator's response to fluctuations of its
terminal voltages and currents. It is shown that a generator can be represented
as an effective admittance matrix with respect to low-frequency oscillations,
and an explicit form for this matrix, for various generator models, is derived.
Furthermore, it is shown that a source generator, in addition to its effective
admittance, is characterized by the presence of an effective current source
thus giving a natural qualitative distinction between source and nonsource
generators. Detailed descriptions are given of a source detection procedure
based on this developed representation, and the method's effectiveness is
confirmed by simulations on the recommended testbeds (eg. WECC 179-bus system).
This method is free of strong modeling assumptions and is also shown to be
robust in the presence of measurement noise and generator parameter
uncertainty.Comment: 13 page
Reactor-based Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
The status of neutrino oscillation searches employing nuclear reactors as
sources is reviewed. This technique, a direct continuation of the experiments
that proved the existence of neutrinos, is today an essential tool in
investigating the indications of oscillations found in studying neutrinos
produced in the sun and in the earth's atmosphere. The low-energy of the
reactor \nuebar makes them an ideal tool to explore oscillations with small
mass differences and relatively large mixing angles.
In the last several years the determination of the reactor anti-neutrino flux
and spectrum has reached a high degree of accuracy. Hence measurements of these
quantities at a given distance L can be readily compared with the expectation
at L = 0, thus testing \nuebar disappearance.
While two experiments, Chooz and Palo Verde, with baselines of about 1 km and
thus sensitive to the neutrino mass differences associated with the atmospheric
neutrino anomaly, have collected data and published results recently, an
ambitious project with a baseline of more than 100 km, Kamland, is preparing to
take data. This ultimate reactor experiment will have a sensitivity sufficient
to explore part of the oscillation phase space relevant to solar neutrino
scenarios. It is the only envisioned experiment with a terrestrial source of
neutrinos capable of addressing the solar neutrino puzzle.Comment: Submitted to Reviews of Modern Physics 34 pages, 39 figure
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