Research Article

Key Transmission Section Search Based on Graph Theory and PMU Data for Vulnerable Line Identification in Power System

Algorithm 3

Key transmission section search algorithm.
Input: PMU data and initial power flow
(1)Construct a grid topology diagram.
(2)Calculate the PTDF and its modulus.
(3)Calculate the power transmission efficiency .
(4)Construct an observation data matrix A(t) from PMU data.
(5)Calculate the total energy Ek(t) and energy fluctuation probability pk(t).
(6)Calculate the comprehensive evaluation indicator .
(7)Sort the vulnerable lines.
(8)Use the improved Floyd algorithm to search flow transfer section
(9)Calculate line outage distribution factor .
(10)Filter out the branch of .
(11)Calculate the safety margin Mij.
(12)Filter out the branches of Mij < 0.6.
Output: all key transmission sections.