Structural vulnerability of energy distribution systems: Incorporating infrastructural dependencies

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 531-537

  Helseth, Arild ^a   Holen, Arne T ^b  

^a SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

District heating; Genetic algorithms (GAs); Network constraints; Power distribution; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CO-EXISTING; DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; NETWORK CONSTRAINTS; NOVEL METHODS; POWER DISTRIBUTION; POWER SYSTEM FAILURES; POWER SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; ION BEAMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; POWER TRANSMISSION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

DISTRICT HEATING;

EID: 69749100605     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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