Semi-Markov processes for power system reliability assessment with application to uninterruptible power supply

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1326-1333

  Pievatolo, Antonio ^a   Tironi, Enrico ^b   Valadé, Ivan ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY STORAGE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY THEORY; STATE SPACE METHODS;

DURATION DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM; LOAD POINT VOLTAGE FAILURES; MINIMAL CUT SETS; POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT;

UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043094047     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2004.826756     Document Type: Article

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