SecurMining 2.0: an Innovative Data Mining Software Package for Security Analysis of the Portuguese Transmission System

Abstract

The software package SecurMining 2.0 was developed to study and analyse the security of the Portuguese Transmission System, however it can be used to study the security of any other transmission system. This computer program runs in WindowsTM environment and uses three different processing units. The pre-processing unit contains complete information concerning the topology of the Portuguese Electric Transmission System and the characteristics of the generators, transformers, lines, loads as well as the interconnections with Spain. It also contains all the information that defines the load diagram evolution. The processing unit has three different modules to solve the security analysis problem.