Katrina SGER: Damage Assessment of Power Infrastructure for Distribution, Telecommunications, and Back-Up

该SGER项目涉及卡特里娜飓风对电力基础设施造成的损害评估。该评估涉及配电级电力、电信电源和备用发电。当传输系统电力通过其他方式解决时，这些更局部的电力系统组件可能会被忽视。然而，如果受损，它们可能很难修复。对通信和其他电力功能的负面影响是严重的。这项工作的知识价值在于对新奥尔良地区造成的损害进行了科学和系统的评估。收集到的数据将提供一份损坏报告，该报告将提出可替代的“最后力量”概念，可以在自然灾害期间部署，以减轻未来的问题，尽管对这些替代方案的调查超出了项目的范围。这项工作的更广泛影响直接涉及电力和通信网络对自然灾害的关键生命和经济方面的影响。对灾后工作的主要批评是许多组织缺乏准备。拟议的评估应为今后的应急规划提供有用的指导，如果成功，将防止不必要的生命损失。

This SGER project involves damage assessment to power infrastructure due to Hurricane Katrina. The assessment addresses distribution-level power, telecommunications power supplies, and back-up power generation. While transmission system power is addressed by other means, these more localized components of the power system may be overlooked. However, if damaged they could be very difficult to repair. The negative impact on communications and other power functions is severe.The Intellectual Merit of this work lies in a scientific and systematic assessment of damage due to in the New Orleans area. The data collection will enable a damage report that will suggest alternative "power-of-last-resort" concepts that could be deployed to mitigate future problems during natural disasters, though investigation of these alternatives is beyond the scope of the project. The Broader Impacts of this work relates directly to the impact of power and communications networks on life-critical and economic aspects of natural disasters. A major criticism of the post-disaster effort was lack of preparedness across many organizations. The proposed assessment should provide a useful guide for future contingency planning, and if successful, prevent unnecessary loss of life.