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Structure and dynamics of the Indian power grid

Poster · December 2021

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25050.52160

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 Structure and dynamics of the Indian power grid network
Vedang Tamhane and G Ambika.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati.
vedangdevendratamhane@students.iisertirupati.ac.in, g.ambika@labs.iisertirupati.ac.in

Abstract
The Indian power grid is a single large grid spread over the entire nation. It consists of nearly 1600 important grid elements which include generators and substations, connected
through around 2200 connections. We present our study on the structure of the Indian power grid as a complex network and its characterization. We find the structure has
exponential degree distribution, similar to many other power grids.

The processes of power generation, distribution and consumption can be treated as part of the dynamics on the network. In this context, the power grid represents a system of
coupled oscillators [1], that are considered generators or consumers. For this in recent studies the first and the second order Kuramoto oscillators are considered on a global all-to-all
coupling [2]-[4]. We study the collective dynamics of Kuramoto oscillators on a synthetically constructed exponential network to model the power grid[5].

Indian Power Grid Network Dynamics on the exponential network

We map the Indian power grid as a network using data from
POSOCO’s official website. We report that it has exponential
degree distribution and present its network measures.
We examine the synchronization of Kuramoto oscillators coupled to each other with the synthetically constructed exponential
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network with N = 1500 nodes. Kuramoto equation is given by +, = /, + ∑ 8 9:;(+4 − +, )
(2 456 ,4
The order parameter is calculated in order to quantify the synchronization in the system. The figure shows variation of the
order parameter with the coupling strength. The system synchronizes for coupling strength greater than 0.025.

Figure shows the degree distribution of the Indian power grid

network on a logarithmic scale. The degree distribution. Can be
given by
!(#) ≈
The * in this context is 1.7
Other network measures:
Clustering Coefficient = 0.12
Link Density = 0.0018
Characteristic path length = 11.33
# = 2.76
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second-order Kuramoto oscillators", Chaos 26, 113113 (2016)
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oscillators", SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 2012 50:3, 1616-1642
[5]Schultz, P., Heitzig, J. and Kurths, J. A random growth model for power grids and other spatially embedded
infrastructure networks. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 223, 2593–2610 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02279-6

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