Efficient secure AC OPF for network generation capacity assessment

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 575-583

  Dent, Chris J ^a   Ochoa, Luis F ^b   Harrison, Gareth P ^b   Bialek, Janusz W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Load flow analysis; Optimization methods; Power generation planning

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE PROBLEMS; GENERATION CAPACITY; IEEE-RELIABILITY TEST SYSTEM; LINE OUTAGE; LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS; LOCAL OPTIMA; MULTIPLE RESOURCES; NETWORK GENERATION; NETWORK SECURITY CONSTRAINTS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; NOVEL METHODS; OPTIMAL POWER FLOW MODEL; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; POWER GENERATION PLANNING; SECURITY CONSTRAINT; SECURITY MODEL; STRUCTURED PROBLEMS; VOLTAGE LEVELS;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LOADS; OPTIMIZATION; PULSATILE FLOW;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 76649120883     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2009.2036809     Document Type: Article

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