Abstract-This paper presents the design and implementation of a IEEE C37.118-2-compliant real -time data mediator, namely BableFish (BF), that facilitates synchrophasor data-manipulation for smart grid applications. The mediator is scalable by virtue of its modular software architecture , and is capable of receiving concurrently synchrophasor data streams from either Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) or Phasor Data Concentrators (PDCs). The different modules of the mediator and their functional capabilities are discussed. Furthermore, the pe rformance of the mediator is analyzed through several statistical performance s tress tests. The mediator facilitates prototyping of wide area power system monitoring and control applications using real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulation, as illustrated with examples in development at KTH SmarTS Lab. Finally, the technical challenges associated with implementation and integration of system -wide synchrophasor solutions for realtime synchrophasor-based applications is discussed.
Index Terms-Synchrophasor Applications, Standard Implementation, IEEE C37.118, Real -Time Data
I.INTRODUCTION Power systems are becoming dependent on an increasing number of software applications and data connections, which are accompanied by complexity which can be largely estimated during implementation phases. These applications require data acquisition in real-time from new measurement units and data collection systems, and this brings in a complex set of challenges for software application designers [1]. Some of these challenges are: divergent product life cycles, varying scenarios of use, and increasing demand on real-time performance. In the very specific case of synchrophasor data collection in real-time, there could be large amounts of data gathered even in short time periods, which makes the search of data of interest very complicated, time consuming, and requiring high computational abilities in hardware systems. At the same time a specific application may not need all such data to be available.