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Power Grids as Synergetic Systems

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In this article we study power grids from the viewpoint of Synergetics. We show that the typical behavior of self-organizing systems like phase transitions and critical fluctuations can be observed in models for the dynamics of power grids . Therefore we numerically investigate a model, where the phase and voltage dynamics are represented by Kuramoto-like equations. For the topology of the grid we use real world data from the northern Europe high voltage transmission grid.

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  1. Center for Nonlinear Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Oliver Kamps

  2. Institute for Physics, Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany

    Katrin Schmietendorf

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  1. Institute of Experimental Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

    Stefan C. Müller

  2. Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the MPG, Berlin, Germany

    Peter J. Plath

  3. Institute of Physics, Complex Systems, Technical University Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany

    Günter Radons

  4. Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Armin Fuchs

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Kamps, O., Schmietendorf, K. (2018). Power Grids as Synergetic Systems. In: Müller, S., Plath, P., Radons, G., Fuchs, A. (eds) Complexity and Synergetics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64334-2_6

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