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Synchrophasor Network Testbed Implementation for

Power Quality Monitoring and Grid Protection Statement of Work

I. BACKGROUND

The Advanced Network Technology Division (ANTD) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is currently working on developing a wireless network for wide area measurement in power grid monitoring systems. Much of our efforts have been centered on implementing a combined grid/communication network testbed using an emulation platform.

Much of progress has been made so far to interface the EMPT, which is a high speed licensed software tool, at the application layer. For the network layer we are using an emulation platform that consists of 80 Emulab switches. So far, a novel hierarchical synchrophasor network architecture has also been developed and was recently published in the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. The next step is to develop a real-time synchrophasor network for power quality classification and protection for both transmission distributed generation systems. The network should be capable of handling a large number of virtual nodes that can communicate with each other in a centralized and distributed manner.

II. SCOPE OF WORK:

A scalable network testbed has recently been developed to access various wireless network configurations under real-world conditions (further information about the testbed can be found in the paper by H. Gharavi and B. Hu, “Scalable Synchrophasors Communication Network Design and Implementation for Real-time Distributed Generation Grid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 2539-2550, September 2015:

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7110393&tag=1 ). The Contractor shall expand the existing NIST Emulab-based network to include distributed grid networking at the application layer; and develop schemes for grid protection and identification including multiple fault detection and location.

III. SPECIFIC TASKS

The Contractor shall be responsible for project oversight, equipment, administration, and technical execution of this contract. The Contractor shall deliver a fully functional combined grid-communication network testbed, which includes designing Virtual Performance Monitoring Units (VPMU) that can be deployed in large numbers to test and verify various wireless communication networking protocols with the following specific tasks:

1. Develop a grid communication network architecture that includes multiple PMU devices in the hardware in the loop testbed

2. Develop Virtual PMU’s in accordance with the IEEE C37_118_I standard for synchrophasor measurements and the IEEE C37_118_II for real-time communication http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7110393&tag=1 at the application layer

3. Develop novel schemes for power quality monitoring and multiple fault detection for a wide area monitoring system

4. Expand the testbed to evaluate various communication network protocols

5. Develop a suitable transmission line model that includes loads, inverters, and generators

6. Test and demonstrate the functionality of the testbed in real-time

IV. DELIVERABLES

The following deliverables shall be completed during the period of performance.

Description Format Due date 1 Monthly meetings with the COR for review of progress.

Progress report. Monthly

2 Developing a hardware-in-the-loop combined grid/communication network research testbed that includes commercial PMU devices for testing various wireless networking protocols.

Demo with power point presentation

August 31, 3 Design and implement a Virtual PMU (VPMU) that can measure phase and frequency, as well as harmonics for the testbed which can display data exchanges at the application, network, and physical layers.

Written hardcopy report, final software code and demo presentation.

October 31, 4 Develop schemes for power quality monitoring and multiple fault detection for a wide area monitoring system.

Written hardcopy report, final software code and PowerPoint presentation.

February 15, 5 Final report on the overall system and its performance.

Written hardcopy report and PowerPoint presentation.

April 27, Standards for Acceptance of Deliverables: The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will provide comments on each deliverable within 14 calendars days from receipt of a given deliverable. The contractor shall make any needed changes to the deliverables within 14 calendar days from receipt of electronic or written comments from the COR.

V. CONTRACT TYPE

Firm Fixed Price

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

April 29, 2017 through April 28, 2018.

VI. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT SURVELLIANCE MATRIX

Desired Output Required Service Performance Standard

Monitoring Method Desired Output

Continuous interaction between the Contractor and the government during the course of the project.

Meeting between the contractor and COR on a weekly basis.

The Contractor shall demonstrate step-by-step progress in developing the software package

NIST COR

monitoring the contractor productivities on a weekly basis.

Continuous interaction between the Contractor and the government during the course of the project.

The testbed should be able to display data at the application, network, and physical layers in both transmitting and receiving nodes and have the ability to operate in real-time - that can include a large number of VPMU’s in the network

In order to demonstrate the functionality of the testbed, the voltage and current waveforms at the application layer and packet data and control exchanges at the transport, network, MAC (Medium Access Control) and physical layers should be able to function in real-time.

To demonstrate the performance of the network under real word conditions, the testbed should be able to operate in real-time in the presence of a large number of devices, such as PMU’s, PDC’s, relays, and sensors.

NIST COR shall review the written report and determine its acceptability.

The testbed should be able to display data at the application, network, and physical layers in both transmitting and receiving nodes and have the ability to operate in real-time - that can include a large number of VPMU’s in the network

The contractor is required to design and implement various power grid classification algorithms that can rate and detect disturbances in both transmission and distribution systems. This should include multiple fault detection algorithms for large networks.

The main requirement will be the soundness of the power rating in situations where multiple faults can occur stimulatingly thought out the grid network. It is also essential that the power quality classification can function properly under noisy conditions for both transmission and distribution grid

The complete design should include i) disturbance detection schemes that are capable of identifying multiple faults under dynamic conditions, ii) performance verification under differing scenarios where the measurement devices are placed at different test sites in the

NIST COR shall review the written report and determine its acceptability

The contractor is required to design and implement various power grid classification algorithms that can rate and detect disturbances in both transmission and distribution systems. This should include multiple fault detection algorithms for large networks.

networks with the capability of placing Phasor Measurement Units (PMU’s) at multiple locations.

network using the IEEE 39-bus and 140-bus models.

For end-to-end test and evaluation it is essential that all necessary interfaces for PMU’s, PDC’s and protective sensors are implemented and the synchrophasor network can support communication network protocols.

Verify the operation of the Emulab-based testbed by creating a distributed generation network model that consists of inverters, switches, relays and other protective sensory devices.

The final report should be of high quality that can be submitted for publication in major IEEE conferences and journals related to mesh sensor networks.

NIST COR shall review the written report and determine its acceptability.

For end-to-end test and evaluation it is essential that all necessary interfaces for PMU’s, PDC’s and protective sensors are implemented and the synchrophasor network can support communication network protocols.

VII. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

All the tasks specified in Section III shall be accomplished at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Contractor shall work Monday through Friday with the exception of Federal holidays or other official closures. The contractor is required to go through NIST security procedure for badge/ID.

VIII. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, DATA AND/OR INFORMATION

All property, data and information provided by the Government in the performance of this requirement remains the property of the Government and shall be surrendered to the government upon completion or termination of this requirement. All deliverables remain the property of the Government.

Upon award of this requirement, NIST will provide on-site office space, workstation, PC, email and Internet access, telephone, routine office supplies, and access to all facilities needed for the project. The Contractor shall only access low risk general-purpose IT equipment and common network services available to NIST associates.

IX. RISK ASSESSMENT

The HSPD-12 Security Risk Level assigned to this contract is IT service low risk.

I. BACKGROUND