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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Phys.

Sec. Interdisciplinary Physics

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fphy.2025.1643947

This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances in Nonlinear Systems and Networks, Volume IIIView all 9 articles

Grid Image Encryption Based on 4D Memristive Sprott K Chaotic Sequence

Provisionally accepted
Jing  ZhangJing Zhang1Xueqi  JinXueqi Jin2Ye  LiangYe Liang3*Jiachuan  YouJiachuan You1
  • 1Training Center, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co, Hangzhou, China
  • 2State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co, Hangzhou, China
  • 3Beijing Kedong Power Control System Co., Ltd, Beijing, China

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With the rapid development of smart grids, the secure transmission and storage of power data have become of vital importance. This paper proposes an image encryption algorithm for some smart grid images based on chaotic systems. The algorithm utilizes the high sensitivity and pseudo-randomness of chaotic systems, combined with image encryption technology, to construct an efficient and secure encryption scheme. Firstly, a 4D memristive Sprott K system is adopted to generate chaotic sequences as the encryption keystream. Secondly, through the dual encryption mechanism of scrambling and diffusion, the positions of image pixels are scrambled and their values are replaced to enhance the algorithm's anti-attack ability. The simulation results show that this algorithm exhibits superior performance in terms of key space, statistical characteristics, sensitivity, and resistance to differential attacks, and can effectively protect the security and privacy of smart grid images. In addition, this scheme has relatively low computational complexity and is suitable for real-time implementation.

Keywords: Protection scheme, Electric power system supervision and control, Security estimation, Chaotic system, Dynamical behavior

Received: 09 Jun 2025; Accepted: 31 Jul 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Zhang, Jin, Liang and You. 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: Ye Liang, Beijing Kedong Power Control System Co., Ltd, Beijing, China

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