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Title:

Knowledge Management and Visualization in Support of Vulnerability Assessment of Electricity Production

Accession Number:

01044076

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

With the rapid growth in demand of electricity, vulnerability assessment of electricity production and its availability has become essential to our economy, national defense, and quality of life. The main focus to date has generally been on protecting power plants and energy transmission systems. However, the extraction and delivery of fuels is also a critical component of the value chain for electricity production. A disruption at any point in the infrastructure could result in lost power production and delivery. The need for better analysis of fuel delivery vulnerabilities is pressing. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to present the preliminary results of a research project that aims to analyze the vulnerability associated with delivery of fuels and to ensure availability of fuel supplies, by providing insight into likely vulnerability problems so that solutions and preventative methods may be devised. In this research project, a framework for electricity production vulnerability assessment was proposed. Different data sources were integrated into a data warehouse to allow interactive analysis of enormous historical datasets for coal transactions and coal transportation. By summarizing and slicing the historical datasets into different data cubes, the enormous datasets were able to be analyzed and visualized. An interactive GIS interface allows users to interact with it to perform different queries and then visualize the results. The analyses help decision makers understand the impact of fuel delivery disruption and the vulnerabilities in the coal transportation system. Thus, solutions and policies might be advised to avoid disruptions.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-2540

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Dodrill, Keith
Garrett Jr, James H
Matthews, Scott
Shih, Chung Yan
Soibelman, Lucio

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures; Maps; Photos; References (27) ; Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Vulnerabilities

Subject Areas:

Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I15: Environment; I80: Accident Studies

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-2540

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 7:14PM