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Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Energy Storage
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1402566
This article is part of the Research Topic Optimization and Data-driven Approaches for Energy Storage-based Demand Response to Achieve Power System Flexibility View all 12 articles

Improving Cyber-Physical-Power System Stability through Hardwarein-Loop Co-Simulation Platform for Real-Time Cyber Attack Analysis

Provisionally accepted
Xiaoke Wang Xiaoke Wang *Yan Ji Yan Ji Zhongwang Sun Zhongwang Sun Chong Liu Chong Liu Zhichun Jing Zhichun Jing
  • Jiangsu Donggang Energy Investment Co., Ltd, Lianyun Gang, China

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    With advancements in communication systems and measurement technologies, smart grids have become more observable and controllable, evolving into cyber-physical-power systems (CPPS). The impact of network security and secondary equipment on power system stability has become more evident. To support the existing grid toward a smart grid scenario, smart metering plays a vital role at the customer end side. Cyber-Physical systems are vulnerable to cyber-attacks and various techniques have been evolved to detect a cyber attack in the smart grid. Weighted trust-based models are suggested as one of the most effective security mechanisms. A hardware-in-loop CPPS co-simulation platform is established to facilitate the theoretical study of CPPS and the formulation of grid operation strategies. This paper examines current co-simulation platform schemes and highlights the necessity for a realtime hard-ware-in-the-loop platform to accurately simulate cyber-attack processes. This consideration takes into account the fundamental differences in modeling between power and communication systems. The architecture of the co-simulation platform based on RT-LAB and OPNET is described, including detailed modeling of the power system, communication system, and security and stability control devices. Additionally, an analysis of the latency of the co-simulation is provided. The paper focuses on modeling and implementing methods for addressing DDOS attacks and man-in-the-middle at-tacks in the communication network. The results from simulating a 7-bus system show the effectiveness and rationality of the co-simulation platform that has been designed.

    Keywords: Active distribution networks, CPPs, Smart Grid, Hardware-in-loop, Cyber-attack, Co-simulation 1

    Received: 17 Mar 2024; Accepted: 12 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Ji, Sun, Liu and Jing. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xiaoke Wang, Jiangsu Donggang Energy Investment Co., Ltd, Lianyun Gang, China

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