Cancelled! Cyber Security for Microgrids (2024)

Organizer: Dr. Subham Sahoo sssa@energy.aau.dk

Lecturers: Dr. Subham Sahoo, AAU Energy

ECTS: 2,5 ECTS

Date/Time: 30 September - 2 October 2024

Deadline: 8 September 2024

Max no. of participants: 40

Place: AAU Energy, Pontoppidanstraede 101, Aalborg, Denmark

Description: Microgrids are becoming a cornerstone of power distributions systems that will facilitate the realization of a carbon-neutral electric power systems. Alongside their flexibility to be operated in both grid-connected and autonomous modes, they also provide natural interfaces with many types of RES and ESSs and good compliance with consumer electronics. Moreover, microgrids can be grid-interactive by providing grid supportive functions such as frequency response and, regulation, reactive power support and voltage regulation, etc. All these facts lead to more and more deployment of microgrids in transmission and distribution levels. Furthermore, with proliferation of communication technologies, microgrids are evolving into cyber-physical systems (CPS) that use sophisticated software-based networked control. This increased sophistication imposes numerous new challenges involving coordination, operation philosophy and vulnerability to cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks can be designed in many ways:  (a) sensor infiltration, (b) communication infringement. Even though several hard-bound secure protocols are designed to ensure the authenticity of the actual signal, the attackers usually target the control layer as an easy target. Hence, this course aims to focus on: (a) identifying the vulnerable access points in microgrid controllers, (b) introducing the most prominent cyber-attacks, (c) detection of cyber-attacks in realtime, (d) removal of these attack elements and ensuring stability/preventing system shutdown, (e) various stability issues in microgrids due to cyber-attacks, (f) design of cyber-attack resilient controllers for microgrids, which heals by itself despite any cyber intrusion attempts. Experimental lab demonstration is expected as well along with discussion on future research ideas.

  • Day 1: General information about cyber security and its impact on microgrids – Subham Sahoo
  • Day 2: Cyber security framework for microgrids – Subham Sahoo
  • Day 3: Cyber security laboratory exercise and demonstration – Subham Sahoo

Price:  6000 DKK for PhD students outside of Denmark and 8000 DKK for the Industry excl. VAT.
A link for online payment by credit card for externals participants will be annonced after deadline for registration

Prerequisites: Practicing knowledge in power electronic systems and control theory. Experience in using Matlab/Simulink

 Find more information about the course here

Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.