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    The Future of Substations: Centralized Protection and Control
    Thompson, Adam Craig (Virginia Tech, 2016-10-07)
    Modern power substations continue to use hardware that is dated and resistant to modernization. This document discusses the basics of substations, identifies their weaknesses, and suggests a method of improvement. This suggestion implements a centralized protection and control system to make the overall system more robust and flexible to the ever changing power system landscape.