Using Large Scale Synthetic Systems for Undergraduate Research in Electric Grid Islanding

Natural disasters have long posed a threat to electric grids. This paper considers how islanding can be used to improve electric grid resiliency to such events. Specifically the paper provides an example of undergraduate research applying the concept of islanding to a Texas-sized synthetic grid. The results show that islanding the synthetic grid successfully protects it from a complete blackout, and maintains full functionality for all portions of the electric grid in the absence of an event.