Multilevel MATE for efficient simultaneous solution of control systems and nonlinearities in the OVNI simulator

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1250-1259

  Armstrong, Mažana ^a   Martí, José R ^a   Linares, Luis R ^a   Kundur, Prabha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b POWERTECH LABS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controllers; Diakoptics, EMTP solution; Multilevel Multiarea Th v nin Equivalent (MATE); Nonlinear elements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS;

NONLINEAR ELEMENTS; OBJECT VIRTUAL NETWORK INTEGRATOR; POWER SYSTEM SIMULATOR;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747594557     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2006.879254     Document Type: Article

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