Electric power transmission network state estimation

Abstract

In a method, computer program and system for estimating a state of an electric power transmission network, time-stamped phasor measurements are made by phasor measurement units (1) located at a first set of locations (11,12) throughout the network, and a plurality of voltage and/or current phasors at a second set of locations is estimated, where the locations of the first (11,12) and second sets of locations are distant from one another, and a status of network elements (L4,L5,13) that are remotely located from the phasor measurement units is inferred from the phasor measurements and the estimated phasors. In a preferred variant of the invention, the network elements are transmission lines (L1 . . . L8), switchgear, under load tap changing transformers, compensation devices (13) or FACTS devices, and the status information describes whether a network element (L4,L5,13) is electrically connected to or disconnected from the network.

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