A continuation-based method to compute the relevant unstable equilibrium points for power system transient stability analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-172

  Chen, Lei ^a   Min, Yong ^a   Xu, Fei ^a   Wang, Kai Peng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continuation method; Direct method; Transient stability; Unstable equilibrium point (UEP)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; POWER TRANSMISSION;

CONTINUATION METHOD; DIRECT METHOD; GENERATOR MODELS; MECHANICAL POWER; PARAMETERIZED EQUATIONS; POWER INCREASE; POWER SYSTEM TRANSIENT STABILITIES; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM POINTS; TRANSIENT STABILITY; UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM POINT (UEP);

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 60149112798     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2008.2009395     Document Type: Article

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