Use of the WECC WAMS in wide-area probing tests for validation of system performance and modeling

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-257

  Hauer, John F ^a   Mittelstadt, William A ^b   Martin, Kenneth E ^b   Burns, James W ^b   Lee, Harry ^c   Pierre, John W ^d   Trudnowski, Daniel J ^e  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c British Columbia Hudro   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance monitoring; Phasor measurements; System testing; Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS)

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; MONITORING; SECURITY OF DATA; SURVEYING; SYSTEM THEORY; TESTING;

BRAKING RESISTORS; DYNAMIC INFORMATIONS; DYNAMIC SECURITIES; HIGH QUALITIES; INTER-AREA MODES; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNITS; PHASOR MEASUREMENTS; POWER SYSTEMS; PSEUDO RANDOMS; REAL-TIME ANALYSIS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM OPERATIONS; SYSTEM TESTING; WESTERN ELECTRICITY COORDINATING COUNCILS; WIDE AREAS; WIDE-AREA MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (WAMS);

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EID: 60149099398     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2008.2009429     Document Type: Article

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