Risk-Balanced Routing Strategy for Service Function Chains of Cyber-Physical Power System Considering Cross-Space Cascading Failure

Cyber-physical power system(CPPS)has significantly improved the operational efficiency of power systems.However,cross-space cascading failures may occur due to the coupling characteristics,which poses a great threat to the safety and reliability of CPPS,and there is an acute need to reduce the probability of these failures.Towards this end,this paper first proposes a cascading failure index to identify and quantify the importance of different information in the same class of communication services.On this basis,a joint improved risk-balanced service function chain routing strategy(SFC-RS)is proposed,which is modeled as a robust optimization problem and solved by column-and-constraint generation(C-CG)algorithm.Compared with the traditional shortest-path routing algorithm,the superiority of SFC-RS is verified in the IEEE 30-bus system.The results demonstrate that SFC-RS effectively mitigates the risk associated with information transmission in the network,enhances information transmission accessibility,and effectively limits communication disruption from becoming the cause of cross-space cascading failures.

A Multi-Objective and Multi-Constraint Optimization Model for Cyber-Physical Power Systems Considering Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles

Dear Editor,To tackle the global challenges of climate change and energy secu-r ity, building low carbon energy systems has become a research hotspot. Cyber-physical power systems(CPPSs) is an important infrastructure to link both energy and transport systems, two major sectors that are difficult to decarbonize, and it is necessary to establish CPPSs model to consider the integration of both renewable energy and electric vehicle(EV).

Analysis of cascading failures of power cyber-physical systems considering false data injection attacks

This study considers the performance impacts of false data injection attacks on the cascading failures of a power cyber-physical system,and identifies vulnerable nodes.First,considering the monitoring and control functions of a cyber network and power flow characteristics of a power network,a power cyber-physical system model is established.Then,the influences of a false data attack on the decision-making and control processes of the cyber network communication processes are studied,and a cascading failure analysis process is proposed for the cyber-attack environment.In addition,a vulnerability evaluation index is defined from two perspectives,i.e.,the topology integrity and power network operation characteristics.Moreover,the effectiveness of a power flow betweenness assessment for vulnerable nodes in the cyberphysical environment is verified based on comparing the node power flow betweenness and vulnerability assessment index.Finally,an IEEE14-bus power network is selected for constructing a power cyber-physical system.Simulations show that both the uplink communication channel and downlink communication channel suffer from false data attacks,which affect the ability of the cyber network to suppress the propagation of cascading failures,and expand the scale of the cascading failures.The vulnerability evaluation index is calculated for each node,so as to verify the effectiveness of identifying vulnerable nodes based on the power flow betweenness.

Real-time controller hardware-in-the-loop co-simulation testbed for cooperative control strategy for cyber-physical power system

Various distributed cooperative control schemes have been widely utilized for cyber-physical power system(CPPS),which only require local communications among geographic neighbors to fulfill certain goals.However,the process of evaluating the performance of an algorithm for a CPPS can be affected by the physical target characteristics and real communication conditions.To address this potential problem,a testbed with controller hardware-in-the-loop(CHIL)is proposed in this paper.On the basis of a power grid simulation conducted using the real-time simulator RT-LAB developed by the company OPAL-RT,along with a communication network simulation developed with OPNET,multiple distributed controllers were developed with hardware devices to directly collect the real-time operating data of the power system model in RT-LAB and provide local control.Furthermore,the communication between neighboring controllers was realized using the cyber system modelin OPNET with an Ethernet interface.The hardware controllers produced a real-world control behavior instead of a digital simulation,and precisely simulated the dynamic features of a CPPS with high speed.A classic cooperative control case for active power output was studied to explain the integrated simulation process and validate the effectiveness of the co-simulation testbed.

Decentralized Resilient H_∞Load Frequency Control for Cyber-Physical Power Systems Under DoS Attacks

This paper designs a decentralized resilient H_(∞)load frequency control(LFC)scheme for multi-area cyber-physical power systems(CPPSs).Under the network-based control framework,the sampled measurements are transmitted through the communication networks,which may be attacked by energylimited denial-of-service(DoS)attacks with a characterization of the maximum count of continuous data losses(resilience index).Each area is controlled in a decentralized mode,and the impacts on one area from other areas via their interconnections are regarded as the additional load disturbance of this area.Then,the closed-loop LFC system of each area under DoS attacks is modeled as an aperiodic sampled-data control system with external disturbances.Under this modeling,a decentralized resilient H_(∞)scheme is presented to design the state-feedback controllers with guaranteed H∞performance and resilience index based on a novel transmission interval-dependent loop functional method.When given the controllers,the proposed scheme can obtain a less conservative H_(∞)performance and resilience index that the LFC system can tolerate.The effectiveness of the proposed LFC scheme is evaluated on a one-area CPPS and two three-area CPPSs under DoS attacks.

Game-theoretical Model for Dynamic Defense Resource Allocation in Cyber-physical Power Systems Under Distributed Denial of Service Attacks

Electric power grids are evolving into complex cyber-physical power systems(CPPSs)that integrate advanced information and communication technologies(ICTs)but face increasing cyberspace threats and attacks.This study considers CPPS cyberspace security under distributed denial of service(DDoS)attacks and proposes a nonzero-sum game-theoretical model with incomplete information for appropriate allocation of defense resources based on the availability of limited resources.Task time delay is applied to quantify the expected utility as CPPSs have high time requirements and incur massive damage DDoS attacks.Different resource allocation strategies are adopted by attackers and defenders under the three cases of attack-free,failed attack,and successful attack,which lead to a corresponding consumption of resources.A multidimensional node value analysis is designed to introduce physical and cybersecurity indices.Simulation experiments and numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model for the appropriate allocation of defense resources in CPPSs under limited resource availability.

Cyber-physical Collaborative Restoration Strategy for Power Transmission System Considering Maintenance Scheduling

In order to improve the ability of power transmission system to cope with compound faults on the communication side and power side,a cyber-physical collaborative restoration strategy is proposed.First,according to the information system’s role in fault diagnosis,remote control of equipment maintenance and automatic output adjustment of generator restoration,a cyber-physical coupling model is proposed.On this basis,a collaborative restoration model of power transmission system is established by studying interactions among maintenance schedule paths,information system operation,and power system operation.Based on power flow linearization and the large M-ε method,the above model is transformed into a mixed integer linear programming model,whose computational burden is reduced further by the clustering algorithm.According to the parameters of IEEE39 New England system,the geographic wiring diagram of the cyber-physical system is established.Simulation results show the proposed restoration strategy can consider the support function of the information system and space-time coordination of equipment maintenance at both sides comprehensively to speed up load recovery progress.

电力信息物理系统中信息系统物理化的建模及分析方法

该文基于信息系统物理化的设想提出电力信息物理系统(cyber-physical power system,CPPS)中的信息流建模和计算分析方法。采用连续时间函数来刻画信息流的特征,并定义信息网络运行参数为流量累积函数、信息流速和时延。首先,基于遍历法搜索出信息流路径,建立信息流速矩阵的范式;然后利用改进的网络演算(network calculus,NC)特性赋值流速矩阵的元素;进一步采用流量累积函数表征信源数据发送规律,从而显式求解时延上界。最后将提出的信息流建模方法应用于智能变电站自动化系统的时延计算,通过与OPNET的仿真结果相比较,验证所提出模型的有效性,而且该方法可以提供定量分析指标以优化变电站组网方案设计中的信息流分布。

Cyber-Physical Power System(CPPS):A review on measures and optimization methods of system resilience

The Cyber-Physical Power System(CPPS)is one of the most critical infrastructure systems in a country because a stable and secure power supply is a key foundation for national and social development.In recent years,resilience has become a major topic in preventing and mitigating the risks caused by large-scale blackouts of CPPSs.Accordingly,the concept and significance of CPPS resilience are at first explained from the engineering perspective in this study.Then,a review of representative quantitative assessment measures of CPPS resilience applied in the existing literature is provided.On the basis of these assessment measures,the optimization methods of CPPS resilience are reviewed from three perspectives,which are mainly focused on the current research,namely,optimizing the recovery sequence of components,identifying and protecting critical nodes,and enhancing the coupling patterns between physical and cyber networks.The recent advances in modeling methods for cascading failures within the CPPS,which is the theoretical foundation for the resilience assessment and optimization research of CPPSs,are also presented.Lastly,the challenges and future research directions for resilience optimizing of CPPSs are discussed.

A Review on Cybersecurity Analysis,Attack Detection,and Attack Defense Methods in Cyber-physical Power Systems

Potential malicious cyber-attacks to power systems which are connected to a wide range of stakeholders from the top to tail will impose significant societal risks and challenges.The timely detection and defense are of crucial importance for safe and reliable operation of cyber-physical power systems(CPPSs).This paper presents a comprehensive review of some of the latest attack detection and defense strategies.Firstly,the vulnerabilities brought by some new information and communication technologies(ICTs)are analyzed,and their impacts on the security of CPPSs are discussed.Various malicious cyber-attacks on cyber and physical layers are then analyzed within CPPSs framework,and their features and negative impacts are discussed.Secondly,two current mainstream attack detection methods including state estimation based and machine learning based methods are analyzed,and their benefits and drawbacks are discussed.Moreover,two current mainstream attack defense methods including active defense and passive defense methods are comprehensively discussed.Finally,the trends and challenges in attack detection and defense strategies in CPPSs are provided.

具有双重时延的电力信息物理系统的同步控制

随着电力系统的安全可靠运行越来越依赖于通信系统,时间延迟也成为影响电力信息物理系统同步的主要因素之一。针对具有双重时延的电力信息物理系统(cyber physical power system,CPPS)的同步问题,设计控制器解决时延对系统同步的影响。首先,搭建具有双重时延的电力信息物理系统模型,然后根据系统模型设计出控制器,并通过构造Lyapunov函数证明控制器的有效性。对于大规模的系统,提出自适应牵制同步控制器,即将控制器添加到按照结构熵筛选出的牵制节点集的节点。结构熵可以解决当节点度相同时牵制节点的选择问题。最后通过两个算例验证了所提方法的可行性。

Progress and prospects of innovative coal-fired power plants within the energy internet

The development of electrical engineering and electronic, communications, smart power grid, and ultra-high voltage transmission technologies have driven the energy system revolution to the next generation: the energy internet. Progressive penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources into the energy system has led to unprecedented challenges to the currently wide use of coal-fired power generation technologies. Here, the applications and prospects of advanced coal-fired power generation technologies are analyzed. These technologies can be summarized into three categories:(1) large-scale and higher parameters coal-fired power generation technologies, including 620/650/700 oC ultra-supercritical thermal power and double reheat ultra-supercritical coal-fired power generation technologies;(2) system innovation and specific, highefficiency thermal cycles, which consist of renewable energy-aided coal-fired power generation technologies, a supercritical CO_2 Brayton cycle for coal-fired power plants, large-scale air-cooling coal-fired power plant technologies, and innovative layouts for waste heat utilization and enhanced energy cascade utilization;(3) coal-fired power generation combined with poly-generation technologies, which are represented by integrated gasification combined cycle(IGCC) and integrated gasification fuel cell(IGFC) technologies. Concerning the existing coal-fired power units, which are responsible for peak shaving, possible strategies for enhancing flexibility and operational stability are discussed. Furthermore, future trends for coal-fired power plants coupled with cyber-physical system(CPS) technologies are introduced. The development of advanced, coal-fired power generation technologies demonstrates the progress of science and is suitable for the sustainable development of human society.

Concept and Research Framework for Coordinated Situation Awareness and Active Defense of Cyber-physical Power Systems Against Cyber-attacks

Due to the tight coupling between the cyber and physical sides of a cyber-physical power system(CPPS),the safe and reliable operation of CPPSs is being increasingly impacted by cyber security.This situation poses a challenge to traditional security defense systems,which considers the threat from only one side,i.e.,cyber or physical.To cope with cyberattacks,this paper reaches beyond the traditional one-side security defense systems and proposes the concept of cyber-physical coordinated situation awareness and active defense to improve the ability of CPPSs.An example of a regional frequency control system is used to show the validness and potential of this concept.Then,the research framework is presented for studying and implementing this concept.Finally,key technologies for cyber-physical coordinated situation awareness and active defense against cyber-attacks are introduced.

Consensus of cyber-physical power systems based on multi-agent systems with communication constraints

The consensus protocol of cyber-physical power systems is proposed based on fractional-order multi-agent systems with communication constraints.It aims to enable each generator to reach a time-varying common rotor angle and rotor speed.Communication constraints including event-triggered sampling and partial information transmission are considered to render the consensus protocol more realistic.The Zeno behavior is excluded during the system sampling process.A sufficient condition is derived to solve the consensus problem.The effectiveness of the proposed consensus protocol is demonstrated by a numerical example.

Deducing cascading failures caused by cyberattacks based on attack gains and cost principle in cyber-physical power systems

To warn the cascading failures caused by cyberattacks(CFCAs)in real time and reduce their damage on cyber-physical power systems(CPPSs),a novel early warning method based on attack gains and cost principle(AGCP)is proposed.Firstly,according to the CFCA characteristics,the leading role of attackers in the whole evolutionary process is discussed.The breaking out of a CFCA is deduced based on the AGCP from the view of attackers,and the priority order of all CFCAs is then provided.Then,the method to calculate the probability of CFCAs is proposed,and an early warning model for CFCA is designed.Finally,to verify the effectiveness of this method,a variety of CFCAs are simulated in a local CPPS model based on the IEEE 39-bus system.The experimental results demonstrate that this method can be used as a reliable assistant analysis technology to facilitate early warning of CFCAs.

Operational Risk-averse Routing Optimization for Cyber-physical Power Systems

The extensive application of modern information and communication technology in the power system through the in-depth integration of the information system and the power system has led to the gradual development of the cyberphysical power system(CPPS).While advanced information technology increases the safety and reliability of power system operations,it also increases the risks of fault propagation.To improve the reliability of CPPS from the perspective of power communication routing,it is proposed that the CPPS model and vulnerability assessment of power node reflect the correlation between information and energy flows with the service impact on power grid operation,which is an important index for evaluating communication services.According to the distribution of services at the different important levels on the links,the importance of the cross-layer link is established as the vulnerability evaluation index of the communication network.Then,the routing optimization model is proposed in combination with the service transmission risk under cyber-attack and the operating characteristics of the information system,which is solved through an improved fast-convergent genetic algorithm.The simulation results show that the proposed method allocates the alternate route to the low-risk link without significantly increasing the delay of the main route,which effectively improves the power supply reliability of CPPS in extreme cyber-attack scenarios.

Fully Distributed Economic Dispatch for Cyber-physical Power System with Time Delays and Channel Noises

Economic dispatch problem(EDP)is a fundamental optimization problem in power system operation,which aims at minimizing the total generation cost.In fact,the power grid is becoming a cyber-physical power system(CPPS).Therefore,the quality of communication is a key point.In this paper,considering two important factors,i.e.,time delays and channel noises,a fully distributed consensus based algorithm is proposed for solving EDP.The critical maximum allowable upper bounds of heterogeneous communication delays and self-delays are obtained.It should be pointed out that the proposed algorithm can be robust against the time-varying delays and channel noises considering generator constraints.In addition,even with time-varying delays and channel noises,the power balance of supply and demand is not broken during the optimization.Several simulation studies are presented to validate the correctness and superiority of the developed results.

电力CPS的架构及其实现技术与挑战

引入前沿信息技术并把电力系统和信息系统进行深度融合是实现电力系统智能化的关键。信息物理融合系统(cyber physical system,CPS)是通过3C(computation,communication,control)技术将计算、网络和物理环境融为一体的多维复杂系统,通过多技术有机融合,实现大型工程系统的实时感知、动态控制和信息服务,具有非常广阔的应用前景,因而在国际上受到了普遍重视。在此背景下,基于CPS概念并结合电力系统特点,提出建立电力CPS的思路和框架。首先,概述了CPS的概念、主要功能和技术特征。之后,构造了电力CPS的架构和主要组成部分,指出了实现电力CPS的若干关键技术。最后,从基础理论、建模方法、仿真算法、安全性分析、可靠性分析、系统设计与规划、运行调度、标准化等方面讨论了电力CPS研究中所面对的主要挑战。

考虑监视与控制功能的电网信息物理系统可靠性评估

电网信息物理系统的最主要特征是信息系统与物理系统的深度融合与相互影响。针对电网信息物理系统中信息系统主要的监视与控制两类功能,建立功能失效模型,研究每类功能对电网信息物理系统可靠性评估影响的表征方式,建立考虑控制功能作用后的断路器的设备可靠性模型。在此基础上,分析监视功能失效所导致的电网事故蔓延状况,提出考虑信息–电力作用的电网信息物理系统可靠性评估方法。最后,对测试系统进行仿真测试,分析信息系统故障发生位置对电网信息物理系统可靠性的影响,验证了所提算法的可行性、必要性与有效性。

考虑有效距离接近中心性的信息设备重要度评估

电网信息物理系统中,信息系统失效与遭受的攻击可能造成物理系统的能量损失。针对这一问题,文中提出了一种考虑有效距离接近中心性的信息设备重要度评估方法。首先,将信息系统结构抽象为有权有向的拓扑图,使之适用于量化评估。其次,根据信息系统对物理系统可靠性的影响大小,计算拓扑图中各有向边的权重。在此基础上,引入有效距离的概念,计算各个节点的有效距离接近中心性,实现从能量损失角度对信息设备重要度的量化评估。最后,对测试系统进行了信息设备重要度排序,验证了所提方法的有效性。