[go: up one dir, main page]
Scribd
Upload
895 views7 pages

Wide Area Measurement System

The Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS) collects high-volume data from across the power grid using new technologies like phasor measurement units and phasor data concentrators. WAMS has two major functions: obtaining data and extracting value from it through analysis tools and algorithms. This advanced measurement system provides critical information and situational awareness to support functions like real-time monitoring, oscillation detection, fault location, and stability assessment in order to improve reliability and avoid blackouts.

Uploaded by

VIGNESH DHANASHEKHAR
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
895 views7 pages

Wide Area Measurement System

The Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS) collects high-volume data from across the power grid using new technologies like phasor measurement units and phasor data concentrators. WAMS has two major functions: obtaining data and extracting value from it through analysis tools and algorithms. This advanced measurement system provides critical information and situational awareness to support functions like real-time monitoring, oscillation detection, fault location, and stability assessment in order to improve reliability and avoid blackouts.

Uploaded by

VIGNESH DHANASHEKHAR
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 7

WIDE AREA MEASUREMENT

SYSTEM
The WAMS effort is a strategic effort to meet critical information needs of the changing
power system.
• It is an advanced measurement technology to collect information.
• It is based on the new data acquisition technology.
• The WAMS has two major functions:
1. Obtaining the data
2. Extracting value from it
WAMS’s Major Functions
• Getting the data is accomplished with a new generation
of data recording hardware that produces high volume
recordings.

• Data is extracted and analyzed using several analysis


tools and algorithms.
Major Components of WAMS
• Global Positioning System(GPS)
• Phasor Measurement Unit(PMU)
• Phasor Data Concentrator(PDC)
WAMS Architecture
Necessity of WAMS
a. Immediate actions can be taken if some failures are detected
when the constant monitoring applications are available.

b. Early warning system: to improve the reliability

c. To avoid regional blackouts


Applications of WAMS

• Power system Real Time Monitoring


• Power system Oscillations
• Fault detection/Location of power systems
• Power system voltage stability
• Electric distributed power system
• Power system state estimation
WAMS in Smart Grid
• Wide-area measurement systems (WAMS) in smart grid can be
defined as a system that captures measurements in the power
grid over a wide area and across traditional control boundaries,
and then uses those measurements to improve grid stability and
events through wide-area situational awareness and advanced
analysis.

• WAMS provides visibility that is based on real-time data


streamed from Phasor Measurement Units (PMU). A host of
WAMS software applications use this data to provide context-
specific information, presented through an intuitive user
interface.

You might also like