Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based Solution

The large spread of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the related cyber-security issues introduce the need for monitoring. The proposed work focuses on an anomaly detection strategy based on the physical behavior of the industrial process. The algorithm extracts some measures of the physical p...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Battista Gaggero, Mansueto Rossi, Paola Girdinio, Mario Marchese
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/9/2/20
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author Giovanni Battista Gaggero
Mansueto Rossi
Paola Girdinio
Mario Marchese
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description The large spread of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the related cyber-security issues introduce the need for monitoring. The proposed work focuses on an anomaly detection strategy based on the physical behavior of the industrial process. The algorithm extracts some measures of the physical parameters of the system and processes them with a neural network architecture called autoencoder in order to build a classifier making decisions about the behavior of the system and detecting possible cyber-attacks or faults. The results are quite promising for a practical application in real systems.
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spelling doaj.art-71112d288bdd456fae0edb886ccddd0a2023-11-19T22:10:04ZengMDPI AGJournal of Sensor and Actuator Networks2224-27082020-04-01922010.3390/jsan9020020Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based SolutionGiovanni Battista Gaggero0Mansueto Rossi1Paola Girdinio2Mario Marchese3Department of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, and Naval Architecture-DITEN, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 11A, 16145 Genoa, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, and Naval Architecture-DITEN, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 11A, 16145 Genoa, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, and Naval Architecture-DITEN, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 11A, 16145 Genoa, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, and Naval Architecture-DITEN, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 11A, 16145 Genoa, ItalyThe large spread of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the related cyber-security issues introduce the need for monitoring. The proposed work focuses on an anomaly detection strategy based on the physical behavior of the industrial process. The algorithm extracts some measures of the physical parameters of the system and processes them with a neural network architecture called autoencoder in order to build a classifier making decisions about the behavior of the system and detecting possible cyber-attacks or faults. The results are quite promising for a practical application in real systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/9/2/20distributed energy resourcesphotovoltaic systemscyber-securityanomaly detectionneural networksautoencoder
spellingShingle Giovanni Battista Gaggero
Mansueto Rossi
Paola Girdinio
Mario Marchese
Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based Solution
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
distributed energy resources
photovoltaic systems
cyber-security
anomaly detection
neural networks
autoencoder
title Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based Solution
title_full Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based Solution
title_fullStr Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based Solution
title_full_unstemmed Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based Solution
title_short Detecting System Fault/Cyberattack within a Photovoltaic System Connected to the Grid: A Neural Network-Based Solution
title_sort detecting system fault cyberattack within a photovoltaic system connected to the grid a neural network based solution
topic distributed energy resources
photovoltaic systems
cyber-security
anomaly detection
neural networks
autoencoder
url https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/9/2/20
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