A method for computing minimum voltage stability margins of power systems

IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-689

  Bedoya, D B ^a   Castro, C A ^a   Da Silva, L C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; POWER GENERATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; REACTIVE POWER; SYSTEM STABILITY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS;

CONSTANT POWER (CP); IEEE TEST SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LOADING; OPERATING POINTS; POWER SYSTEMS; POWER SYSTEMS PLANNING; PREVENTIVE CONTROLS; REALISTIC SYSTEMS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOME BUS; VOLTAGE STABILITY MARGIN (VSM);

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 47149092249     PISSN: 17518687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd:20070194     Document Type: Article

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