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失评估。该评估涉及配电级电源、电信电源和备用发电。虽然输电系统功率是通过其他方式解决的，但电力系统的这些更本地化的组件可能会被忽略。然而，如果损坏，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。这项工作的学术价值在于对新奥尔良地区造成的损失进行了科学和系统的评估。数据收集将使一份损害报告成为可能，该报告将提出替代的“最后手段”概念，这些概念可以用来缓解自然灾害期间未来的问题，尽管对这些替代方法的调查超出了该项目的范围。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生命和经济方面的影响。对灾后工作的一个主要批评是许多组织缺乏准备。拟议的评估应为未来的应急计划提供有用的指导，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.