Mechanisms for Smart Grid Networks and a Distinct Approach with SCADA
Proper energy supply has been considered as the most toilsome issue in the 21st Century. As the population grows rapidly worldwide, homes, businesses, and a myriad of novel appliances are increasingly causing the demand of energy to skyrocket across the country. Since nationwide operations regarding the basic methods of power grid have merely changed over time, the urge for improving grid networks remains essentially same. Furthermore, due to the higher growth of the number of consumers as well as their needs, it is the right time to try figuring out how to conveniently manage their networks by means of keeping pace with the sophistication of the digital age.
The smart grid is idealized as an immense cyber-physical system supporting and remarkably enhancing the controllability and the sharp responsiveness of extensively distributed assets and resources that belong to the electric power systems. This type of control is doubtlessly important as the distribution of electricity can be based on different types of consumer's needs depending on their regions and particular time frame of consumptions. For example, factories and plants need to consume the electricity during a particular period of the day depending on the availability of their workers as well as the functioning of their machineries. These sectors, in some particular intervals, do not use higher volume of electricity, while other sectors such as transportation and telecommunications still do. Managing electricity in accordance with the needs of each sector in respect of the availability of the electricity flow can be useful to ensure the flawless electricity distribution. By making the power grid work intelligibly, the methods of consumption and electricity delivery can help the situation improve a lot and the needs of consumers can be suited. The intention of this paper is to identify efficient means that describe proper methods of electricity supply using smart grid networks and clarify how these processes make the difference in resolving prolonged electricity crisis. Again, focus will be given on several security issues that take place on a fairly frequent basis in smart grid networks. The role of SCADA to diminish such issues is significant and this paper will demonstrate how important it is to incorporate SCADA in order to confront security threats.
The proposed smart grid networks will incorporate the following benefits [6]:
Provides better connection and functions of technologies and generators regardless of the difference of sizes Facilitates consumers with a great deal of information and options to choose the kinds of supply Allows consumers to avail the opportunity to play a greater role in operational optimization of the system Remarkably lessens the environmental impact of the comprehensive electricity supply system Maintain, improve, and supply existing potentials of services effectively in order to cultivate the market integration Improves the present levels of quality, security, and system reliability
In the Smart Grid application technologies, an IUT (Intelligent Universal Transformer) is used [3], [4] which will enable ADA (Advance Distribution Automation) in the system for