Simultaneous human activities,such as the Super Bowl game,would cause certain impacts on frequency fluctuations in power systems.With the help of FNET/GridEye measurements,this paper aims to give comprehensive analyse...Simultaneous human activities,such as the Super Bowl game,would cause certain impacts on frequency fluctuations in power systems.With the help of FNET/GridEye measurements,this paper aims to give comprehensive analyses on the frequency fluctuations during Super Bowl LIV held on Feb.2,2020,so as to better understand several phenomena caused by simultaneous activities which will help system operations and controls.First,recent developments of the FNET/GridEye are briefly introduced.Second,the frequency fluctuations of the Eastern Interconnection(El),western electricity coordinating council(WECC),and electric reliability council of Texas(ERCOT)power systems during Super Bowl LIV are analyzed.Third,frequency fluctuations of Super Bowl Sunday and ordinary Sundays in 2020 are compared.Finally,the differences of frequency fluctuations among different years during the Super Bowl and their change trends are also given.Furthermore,several possible explanations,including the simultaneity of electricity consumption at the beginning of commercial breaks and the halftime show,the increasing usage of the Internet,and the increasing size of TV screens,are illustrated in detail in this paper.展开更多
基金supported by the NSF Cyber-Physical Systems(CPS)Program under award number 1931975.
文摘Simultaneous human activities,such as the Super Bowl game,would cause certain impacts on frequency fluctuations in power systems.With the help of FNET/GridEye measurements,this paper aims to give comprehensive analyses on the frequency fluctuations during Super Bowl LIV held on Feb.2,2020,so as to better understand several phenomena caused by simultaneous activities which will help system operations and controls.First,recent developments of the FNET/GridEye are briefly introduced.Second,the frequency fluctuations of the Eastern Interconnection(El),western electricity coordinating council(WECC),and electric reliability council of Texas(ERCOT)power systems during Super Bowl LIV are analyzed.Third,frequency fluctuations of Super Bowl Sunday and ordinary Sundays in 2020 are compared.Finally,the differences of frequency fluctuations among different years during the Super Bowl and their change trends are also given.Furthermore,several possible explanations,including the simultaneity of electricity consumption at the beginning of commercial breaks and the halftime show,the increasing usage of the Internet,and the increasing size of TV screens,are illustrated in detail in this paper.
