Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case study
In recent years, several magnetic storms have disrupted the normal operation of power grids in the mid-low latitudes. Data obtained from the monitoring of geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) indicate that GIC tend to be elevated at nodes near the ocean-land interface. This paper discusses the inf...
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| description | In recent years, several magnetic storms have disrupted the normal operation of power grids in the mid-low latitudes. Data obtained from the monitoring of geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) indicate that GIC tend to be elevated at nodes near the ocean-land interface. This paper discusses the influence of the geomagnetic coast effect on GIC in power grids based on geomagnetic data from a coastal power station on November 9, 2004. We used a three-dimensional (3D) Earth conductivity model to calculate the induced electric field using the finite element method (FEM), and compared it to a one-dimensional (1D) layered model, which could not incorporate a coastal effect. In this manner, the GIC in the Ling’ao power plant was predicted while taking the coast effect into consideration in one case and ignoring it in the other. We found that the GIC predicted by the 3D model, which took the coastal effect into consideration, showed only a 2.9% discrepancy with the recorded value, while the 1D model underestimated the GIC by 23%. Our results demonstrate that the abrupt lateral variations of Earth conductivity structures significantly influence GIC in the power grid. We can infer that high GIC may appear even at mid-low latitude areas that are subjected to the coast effect. Therefore, this effect should be taken into consideration while assessing GIC risk when power networks are located in areas with lateral shifts in Earth conductivity structures, such as the shoreline and the interfaces of different geological structures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6af4acfafeec41b6bff15d9267661f7a2022-12-21T18:09:47ZengEDP SciencesJournal of Space Weather and Space Climate2115-72512018-01-018A6010.1051/swsc/2018046swsc180028Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case studyLiu ChunmingWang XuanWang HongmeiZhao HuilunIn recent years, several magnetic storms have disrupted the normal operation of power grids in the mid-low latitudes. Data obtained from the monitoring of geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) indicate that GIC tend to be elevated at nodes near the ocean-land interface. This paper discusses the influence of the geomagnetic coast effect on GIC in power grids based on geomagnetic data from a coastal power station on November 9, 2004. We used a three-dimensional (3D) Earth conductivity model to calculate the induced electric field using the finite element method (FEM), and compared it to a one-dimensional (1D) layered model, which could not incorporate a coastal effect. In this manner, the GIC in the Ling’ao power plant was predicted while taking the coast effect into consideration in one case and ignoring it in the other. We found that the GIC predicted by the 3D model, which took the coastal effect into consideration, showed only a 2.9% discrepancy with the recorded value, while the 1D model underestimated the GIC by 23%. Our results demonstrate that the abrupt lateral variations of Earth conductivity structures significantly influence GIC in the power grid. We can infer that high GIC may appear even at mid-low latitude areas that are subjected to the coast effect. Therefore, this effect should be taken into consideration while assessing GIC risk when power networks are located in areas with lateral shifts in Earth conductivity structures, such as the shoreline and the interfaces of different geological structures.https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2018046geomagnetically induced currents (GIC)coast effect3D Earth conductivityFEM |
| spellingShingle | Liu Chunming Wang Xuan Wang Hongmei Zhao Huilun Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case study Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) coast effect 3D Earth conductivity FEM |
| title | Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case study |
| title_full | Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case study |
| title_fullStr | Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case study |
| title_short | Quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids: a case study |
| title_sort | quantitative influence of coast effect on geomagnetically induced currents in power grids a case study |
| topic | geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) coast effect 3D Earth conductivity FEM |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2018046 |
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