Design of Secure Reconfigurable Power Converters

Siddiqui, Ali Shuja; Chowdhury, Prithwiraj Roy; Gui, Yutian; Manjrekar, Madhav; Essakiappan, Somasundaram; Saqib, Fareena

doi:10.1109/cyberpels.2019.8925057

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“…A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is integrated into the power converter system, a hardware module that offers different cryptographic functions. In detail, the TPM provides services including encryption, key provisioning, and data signing, and the onboard microprocessor of FPGA provides an interface to the TPM [33].…”

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Cyber-Security of Smart Microgrids: A Survey

Nejabatkhah¹,

Liang

et al. 2020

Energies

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In this paper, the cyber-security of smart microgrids is thoroughly discussed. In smart grids, the cyber system and physical process are tightly coupled. Due to the cyber system’s vulnerabilities, any cyber incidents can have economic and physical impacts on their operations. In power electronics-intensive smart microgrids, cyber-attacks can have much more harmful and devastating effects on their operation and stability due to low inertia, especially in islanded operation. In this paper, the cyber–physical systems in smart microgrids are briefly studied. Then, the cyber-attacks on data availability, integrity, and confidentiality are discussed. Since a false data injection (FDI) attack that compromises the data integrity in the cyber/communication network is one of the most challenging threats for smart microgrids, it is investigated in detail in this paper. Such FDI attacks can target state estimation, voltage and frequency control, and smart microgrids’ protection systems. The economic and physical/technical impacts of the FDI attacks on smart microgrids are also reviewed in this paper. The defensive strategies against FDI attacks are classified into protection strategies, in which selected meter measurements are protected, and detection/mitigation strategies, based on either static or dynamic detection. In this paper, implementation examples of FDI attacks’ construction and detection/mitigation in smart microgrids are provided. Samples of recent cyber-security projects in the world, and critical cyber-security standards of smart grids, are presented. Finally, future trends of cyber-security in smart microgrids are discussed.

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Section: Design For Secure Reconfigurable Power Convertersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cyber-Security of Smart Microgrids: A Survey

Nejabatkhah¹,

Liang

et al. 2020

Energies

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“…SPVSs and microgrids consist of power electronic interfaces (PEI) which make these systems highly controllable and flexible for modifications [13,14,15]. The reconfigurable power system is one of the proposed concepts to increase the controllability of the existing power system [16,17]. It is expected that the SPVS based reconfigurable systems will play a major role in future distribution networks.…”

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Reconfigurable solar photovoltaic systems: A review

Lakshika

Boralessa

Perera

et al. 2020

Heliyon

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Even though solar power generation has become an emerging trend in the world, its penetration into the utility grid as a distributed generation source is not a satisfactory measure due to the inherent issues related to solar photovoltaic systems (SPVSs). In addressing these issues, microgrids have been identified as suitable integrating platforms for distributed, clean energy resources such as SPV. Different SPV and microgrid architectures are available for different applications depending on the resource availability and controllability. Reconfigurability is a concept that makes a system adaptable to two or more different environments by effectively utilizing the available resources. The review explains the applications of reconfigurable approaches on solar PV systems such as reconfigurable PV arrays, power conditioning unit (DC/DC converter, DC/AC inverter), microgrid controller and topology of distribution network with relevant studies. An analysis is also presented considering the unique features of reconfigurable systems in comparison to the static systems.

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