Autonomous restoration of power systems after natural disasters

A system, comprising:

• a circuit breaker in a power system grid comprised of a plurality of circuit breakers and a plurality of power generation units, the circuit breaker one of the plurality of circuit breakers, and the plurality of circuit breakers coupled to each other via a plurality of communication channels, the circuit breaker comprising:
• one or more processors being responsive to non-transitory executable instructions for performing operations comprising:
• determining an operating mode of the circuit breaker, the operating mode one of a normal operating mode and an exception operating mode;
• based on determining that the operating mode is the normal operating mode:
• collecting, at the circuit breaker, data to parameterize a plurality of power system grid restoration scenarios;
• storing at the circuit breaker, simulation models for each of the plurality of circuit breakers;
• constructing at the circuit breaker, a composite simulation model based on the stored simulation models for each of the plurality of circuit breakers;
• and
• running controller tuning functions on the composite simulation model for each configuration of the plurality of circuit breakers;
• and
• based on determining that the operating mode is the exception operating mode:
• receiving measurement data including current and voltage data;
• and
• initiating one of the plurality of the power system grid restoration scenarios, the power system grid restoration scenario selected based on the measurement data and the simulated controller tuning functions from the composite simulation model.

A computer program product comprising a storage medium readable by a processing circuit, the storage medium storing instructions executable by the processing circuit to cause a method to be performed, the method comprising:

• determining, at a circuit breaker, an operating mode of the circuit breaker, the circuit breaker in a power system grid comprised of a plurality of circuit breakers and a plurality of power generation units, the circuit breaker one of the plurality of circuit breakers, the plurality of circuit breakers coupled to each other via a plurality of communication channels, and the operating mode one of a normal operating mode and an exception operating mode;
• based on determining that the operating mode is the normal operating mode:
• collecting, at the circuit breaker, data to parameterize a plurality of power system grid restoration scenarios;
• storing at the circuit breaker, simulation models for each of the plurality of circuit breakers;
• constructing at the circuit breaker, a composite simulation model based on the stored simulation models for each of the plurality of circuit breakers;
• and
• running controller tuning functions on the composite simulation model for each configuration of the plurality of circuit breakers;
• and
• based on determining that the operating mode is the exception operating mode:
• receiving, at the circuit breaker, measurement data including current and voltage data;
• and
• initiating, at the circuit breaker, one of the plurality of power system grid restoration scenarios, the power system grid restoration scenario selected based on the measurement data and the simulated controller tuning functions from the composite simulation model.