Minimum Connectivity Based Technique for PMU Placement in Power Systems

In today's era, Wide-area monitoring plays a major role in modern power system (smart grid). To monitor this, we need to place Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) in the system in such a way that the complete observability of the system is achieved. PMUs have the capability that they can provide synchronized measurements of both voltage and current. In this paper, a Minimum Connectivity Based Reduction (MCBR) technique is suggested to place PMUs optimally for complete observability of the system. The proposed MCBR Technique is explained with the help of IEEE bench mark systems. Finally, its performance is compared with existing methodologies.