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Analysing the vulnerability of electric distribution systems: A step towards incorporating the societal consequences of disruptions

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Summary, in English

Reliable electrical power supply is a prerequisite for the modern society, and if it fails it can cause severe consequences in terms of economic losses and even fatalities. It is thus important to analyse the vulnerability of the electric power system. Network analysis has previously been used to analyse the vulnerability of electric transmission systems, however recent events in Sweden have shown that perturbations in distribution systems also can cause severe societal consequences. Thus, we argue that vulnerability analysis at the distribution level is equally important. Furthermore, previous work has focused on technical aspects of the system and in this paper we take a step towards incorporating societal aspects of vulnerability by suggesting new network analytic measures. We analyse the distribution systems in two Swedish municipalities using the proposed measures. We conclude that the proposed measures can increase the value of using network analysis when analysing societal vulnerability to perturbations in electric distribution systems and that such analysis also can be useful in emergency mitigation and preparedness planning.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

4-17

Publication/Series

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volume

4

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Building Technologies
  • Other Civil Engineering
  • Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Keywords

  • Infrastructures
  • Network Analysis
  • Societal Vulnerability
  • Power System

Status

Published

Project

  • FRIVA

Research group

  • LUCRAM (Lund University Center for Risk Analysis and Management

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1471-4825