Cyber-physical interdependency in smart grid

Abstract

The edge of technology has yet to come at a very sophisticated level where hardware and software are integrated to form a sturdy system. High efficiently, self-reliance and self-healing are of main concerns when age of smart grids appeared. Smart grids play a crucial role in delivering seamless power supply efficiently with higher resiliency. However, the mellifluous operation of this grid, as a physical system, is subjugated by a cyborg network which contains data communication devices and it associated protocols. The resultant system which is a two coexistent incongruous network introduces a plethora of operational hurdles by far the interdependency that is a thorny issue. This work attempts simulating the codependent operation of both network elements when executing as a smart grid. To facilitate the modeling and analysis, a GUI tool is developed to make the simulation user-friendly and make the initial promises that every proposition towards optimizing smart grid has to take into account co-optimization of both networks elements.