Causes of the 2003 major grid blackouts in North America Europe, and recommended means to improve system dynamic performance

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1922-1928

  Andersson, G ^a   Donalek, P ^a   Farmer, R ^a   Hatziargyriou, N ^a   Kamwa, I ^a   Kundur, P ^a   Martins, N ^a   Paserba, J ^a   Pourbeik, P ^a   Sanchez Gasca, J ^a   Schulz, R ^a   Stankovic, A ^a   Taylor, C ^a   Vittal, V ^a  

^a IEEE Power Engineering Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackouts; Power system control; Power system dynamic performance; Power system stability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; OUTAGES; RELIABILITY; STABILITY;

POWER SYSTEM CONTROL; POWER SYSTEM DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; POWER SYSTEM STABILITY;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 28244488689     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2005.857942     Document Type: Article

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