Assessing the contribution of microgrids to the reliability of distribution networks

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 382-389

  Costa, Paulo Moisés ^a   Matos, Manuel A ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active distribution networks; Microgeneration; Microgrids; Reliability

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; CONTROL DEVICES; DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; EMERGENCY SITUATIONS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; ISOLATED OPERATIONS; MICRO GENERATIONS; MICROGENERATION; MICROGRID; MICROGRIDS; RELIABILITY INDICES; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 57349197143     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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