Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 2014, 2, 411-415
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How to cite this paper: Wang, H.L., et al. (2014) The Study and Applications of Sparse Methods Technology in Yunnan
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The Study and Applications of Sparse
Methods Technology in Yunnan Mountain
Substation
Hongliang Wang1, Min Cao2, Xianfu Chen2, Shilin Li2, Shaoquan Zhang2, Xin Shen2
1Postdoctoral Research Workstation of YunNan Power Grid Corporation, Kunming, China
2Yunnan Electric Power Test & Research Institute Group Co., Ltd., Electric Power Research Institute, Kunming,
China
Email: Hongliang.whl@gmail.com
Received January 2014
Abstract
As one of the divisions in China Southern Power Grid, Yunnan Power Grid Corporation has con-
ducted research and demonstration projects on multiple smart grid technologies to improve the
power system reliability, save operation cost and enhance measurement accuracy. In this paper,
we will introduce The Study of Yunnan Mountain Substation Data Aggregation Technology based
on Sparse Methods. Most substations are built in the mountain, the complex geological conditions
and poor natural conditions put forward higher requirements on the substation running and
real-time comprehensive monitoring of substation system. Processi ng and polymerization re-
search of large amounts of the monitoring data and information is studied in this article. This pa-
per introduces the sparse methods and then explains the thinning algorithm, especially new algo-
rithm is proposed. Finally, the substation sparse method architecture is put forward and the si-
mulation experiment was carried out to prove the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed
method .
Keywords
Sparse Me thod s; Mountain Su bsta ti on; Geological Monitorin g ; Wireless Sensor Networks
1. Introduction
The 84% mountain of Yunnan, topography, landform, geology, hydrology, climate and other complex condi-
tions, determine the geological disease multiple and the necessity, urgency of monitoring in the process of con-
struction and operation of Yunnan Mountain substation. These mountain substations inevitably slope. The sta-
bility condition of substations and transmission lines safe operations have a significant influence, and the moni-
toring of Yunnan substation geology has put a higher demand.
WSN technology is capable of acquiring and processing information reform on many occasions, widely used
in environmental monitoring, resource monitoring, disaster pollution monitoring, public security and defense,
intelligent transportation and other fields, can be arranged in harsh, demanding, complex environment for moni-
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toring and detection in various condition. The WSN network information processing technology has made great
progress, but there are some issues have not yet been fully resolved, such as: shorten the delay, delay distribu-
tion reasonable, appropriate data distribution mechanism, and ensure the robustness, low data transmission
based on QoS.
The temporal and spatial sampling network, sensor node energy and bandwidth are very limited, but require
periodic sensing and transmitting massive data, and often faced with data loss and nodes energy less these two
problems. In order to reduce the consumption of resources (usually refers to energy) and the choice of interme-
diate nodes for data processing, to prolong the lifetime of network technology, domestic and foreign experts and
scholars have made a lot of research. Tiny D uses tree structure distribution request and collect data to Sink node
[1]. Some scholars put forward the outline diffusion algorithm, by designing reach sequence and the polymeri-
zation mechanism ODI (order and duplicate insensitive) of and repeat information insensitive to reduce the
message routing data aggregation. Cheng Ziyao, Liu Yun uses a mobile sink node and a static sink node coexis-
tence mode, presents an efficient data collection method of HS BDM (Hybrid Sinks Based Dissemination Man-
agement), the simulation shows that the mobile sink node data collection in saving energy is obviously superior
to the traditional network, at the same time, prolong the survival time of the network can be obtained the high
success rate of data transmission and shorter delay of data transmission [2].
But the Yunnan special, complex geographical environment makes the substation construction not centralized,
decentralized, in wireless sensor network deployment process of substation geological monitoring should cover
a vast area for collecting all kinds of information, and constitute a less dense network, as sparse wireless trans-
mission network. In actual geological monitoring system diagnosis, geological disasters often manifested as a
long and gradual process, only a single feature and monitoring method is unable to complete the monitoring task.
Sparse methods can be more accurate and deeply cognize the geological monitoring information of substation,
to meet the practical needs of the substation geological monitoring, more and more people are paying attention
to this.
2. Sparse Methods Theory
Study of sparse method can be traced back to the last century ninetys, the sparse signal representation to the
large volume of data transmission and storage, and in recent years the rise of compressed sensing theory to make
the sparse representation has been paid more and more attention. The sparse representation theory that the signal
can be sampled at less than Nyquist sampling frequency, and can accurately reconstruct the original signal,
when it was proposed, it has been widely used in the signal processing field [3].
So-called signal sparse representation, in the transform domain, using the transform basis as little as possible
to represent the original signal, the sparse representation is the process of signal sparse decomposition. Usually
consider the linear combination, namely
y Ax=
form. The
y
is target signal vector,
A
is transform based,
x
is
y
linear in this group based on the expansion coefficient vector. If signal
y
based on A the coefficient
vector
x
in the non zero term rarely, that there are many terms are all zero, then in accordance with the defini-
tion of sparsity
x
is sparse, establishing the model
y Ax=
is signal
y
sparse representation process. This
signal can be expressed as [4]:
1
N
ii
i
y Ax
=
=
(1)
The representation of a signal is essentially the signal in a known set of functions were decomposed, and then
the expression of the original signals in transform domain. In the description of a signal, if the parameters are
less, the signal is sparse; the sparseness of some signal can be directly displayed, but some signal need put
through some transformation that characteristics of the sparse can be expressed. Therefore we need to find a
suitable signal sparse transform, to make the sparse expression [5].
Data aggregation of wireless sensor networks is a technology that in the collection and dissemination of in-
formation in a multi-hop networks, to reduce the resource consumption (usually refers to energy) and select data
processing in the middle node, and in order to prolong the network life technology. The network polymerization
technology consists by suitable network protocols, efficient aggregation function and effective data representa-
tion of three basic parts. The traditional network routing always transfer data along the shortest path, and in
WSN, we minimize energy consumption is the purpose of data aggregation.
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3. Sparse Algorithm Research
3.1. Curvelet Discrete Cosine Transforms
In view of the core parts of the first generation of curvelet transform are the subband decomposition and ridgelet
transform, and its biggest flaw is to realize the more complex, the whole process will produce tremendous data
redundancy. Mentioned in this article, therefore, the curvelet transform refers to the second generation of curve-
let transform. Through the signal and inner product in the form of a wave function can realize the signal sparse:
()
,,
,, ,
jlk
c jlkf
ϕ
=
(2)
,,jlk
ϕ
is curvelet function,
,,jkl
is the scale, direction and position parameter respectively. Inverse discrete
curvelet transform formula is [6]:
',,
(j,l,k )
jlk
fc
ϕ
= ⋅
(3)
(j,l,k)c
is curvelet coefficient processed in the curvelet domain,
',,jlk
ϕ
is the inverse wave function,
'
f
is
the result of inverse discrete curvelet transform.
Curvelet transform implemented in frequency domain, window function
U
of frequency domain is used to
represent
ϕ
in the frequency domain. To define a pair of window function: the radial window function
,(1/2,2)
r
Wr
and angle window function
(t),
[ 1,1]Vt∈−
. They all meet the permissible conditions:
2'
(2r)1,(3/ 4,3/ 2)
j
Wr
+∞
=−∞
= ∈
(4)
2
()1,t( 1/2,1/2)
j
Vtl
+∞
=−∞
− =∈−
For each
0
jj
, frequency window
j
U
in the frequency domain defined is as follows:
[ ]
/2
3 /42
U (r,)2(2r)V()
2
j
jj
jW
θ
θπ
−−
=
(5)
Then signal processed by discrete cosine transform. The discrete cosine transform is a kind of the definition
of transformation of the real signal, after the transformation in the frequency domain is also a real signal, but
because of the discrete cosine transform is equivalent to discrete fourier transform about its twice length, the
discrete fourier transform was conducted for a real even functions, so compared with discrete fourier transform
can reduce more than half of the data redundancy [7].
Discrete cosine transform one dimensional computation formula is as follows:
1
0
2(2 n1)
(k)(c) (n)cos,(n0,1,N1)
2
N
n
k
Xx
NN
π
=
+
== −
(6)
here :
1/ 2,0
1, 0
n
cn
=
=
(7)
Formula (6) for signal processing and image processing, due to the discrete cosine transform has the characte-
ristics of a strong “the energy concentrationand when the signal is close to statistical properties of the Markov
process, discrete cosine transform to correlation is close to K - L transform, it is optimal to correlation perfor-
mance.
3.2. Substation Sparse Method Architecture
Sparse method information aggregation structure of substation is shown in Figure 1 [8].
4. Testing and Simulation
In WSN, usually a sparse node layout detect small probability event. In this case, each node should be based on
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Figure 1. Sparse method information aggregation framework of substation.
their perception of the data into the data aggregation. Such as ChuXiong mountain waist substation exploits opt-
ical fiber Bragg grating strain sensor on-line monitoring geological parameters temperature, stress, and fracture
and shifting and high efficiency for these large amounts of data aggregation.
Assume that in the case of sensor nodes meet the connectivity and coverage, to a certain density uniformly
distributed in a rule area, the boundary of the area is known, and nodes distributed on the boundary connected to
external high-speed network. Regional nodes according to their own monitoring data to determine whether there
are hot nodes. Algorithms goal is to count the number of network and internal nodes and give a more general
polymerization method based on the statistical characteristics of hot nodes. These statistical properties may in-
clude the node number, the location of node or secondary measured values used to transmit more monitoring
information. In order to get the sensitive features distance, each participating node along the double rulings tra-
jectory sending probe packets in probing protocol.
A mountain substation in Yunnan retaining wall distributed sensor layout diagram is shown in Figure 2.
Node acquired the equipment status information from all kinds of instruments and sensors are generally large,
difficult to understand the data. In order to adapt to the need of data aggregation level processing, acquisition
node should complete classification and pretreatment of raw data, simple calculation and judgment of the origi-
nal data, to collect datum contain useful information for facilitating node calculation.
A mountain substation in Yunnan retaining wall measured stress on sparse distributed sensor method is shown
in Figure 3.
Blue line-stress the original waveform, the red line-sparse transformation result, appeared two smaller muta-
tions in the 110 days, 130 days or so, appeared continuous abnormalities during the period of 190 days to 210
days. The geological exploration proves strain response happens in the 195th day. Figure 3 shows that the me-
thod of sparse transformation accurately calibrated the abnormal phenomenon began in the 195th day, ended in
the 210th day, and filtered other small mutations of the original waveform. According to the initial conditions of
the data screening monitoring for 5 days, each component rate < 10% in the adjacent two days are seen as nor-
mal, the results of the sparse method transform conform to the judgment condition.
5. Conclusion
This paper introduces the sparse method theory, and then explains the thinning algorithm, especially new algo-
rithm. In the end, the substation sparse method architecture is put forward and a simulation experiment was car-
ried out. Through these experiments, the proposed method is to be proved feasibility and effectively.
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Figure 2. A mountain substation of Yunnan retaining wall distributed sensor
layout diagram.
Figure 3. A mountain of Yunnan substation retaining wall
distributed sensor layout diagram (Red Line stands for Sparse
Method s, blue line stands for stress test).
Acknowledgements
Paper is supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2013M540721) and National High-Tech Re-
search and Development Program (863) of China (2011AA05A120).
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