Computing closest saddle node bifurcations in a radial system via conic programming

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Jabr, R A ^a   Pal, B C ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Nonlinear programming; Optimisation methods; Power system stability

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION; BIFURCATION POINTS; CLOSEST BIFURCATION; CONIC PROGRAMMING; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; INTERIOR-POINT METHOD; LOAD POWER; MULTIPLE LOADS; OPERATING LOADS; OPTIMISATION METHODS; POLYNOMIAL-TIME; POWER SYSTEM STABILITY; RADIAL SYSTEMS; REACTIVE LOADS; SADDLE NODE BIFURCATION; SECOND-ORDER CONE PROGRAM; WORST CASE;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PIPE FLOW; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; POWER TRANSMISSION;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 67349260444     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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