Comparative analysis of blackout data from North America Power Grids using the Highly Optimized Tolerance model

IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting: Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, PES

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lin, Xiangning ^a,b   Bo, Zhiqian ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c AREVA T&D   (France)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Electrical blackouts; Highly Optimized Tolerance; Power laws

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY CONVERSION; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; POWER GENERATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEACHING;

21ST CENTURY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITIES; ELECTRICAL BLACKOUTS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; GENERIC MODELLING; HIGHLY OPTIMIZED TOLERANCE; HIGHLY OPTIMIZED TOLERANCE MODEL; MECHANISM ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHEAST POWER COORDINATING COUNCIL; OPTIMAL RESOURCE; POWER GRIDS; POWER LAWS; POWER OUTAGES; POWER SYSTEM BLACKOUTS; POWER SYSTEMS; STATISTIC DATA; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS; WESTERN POWER;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 52349123659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2008.4596203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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