A unified three-phase power-flow analysis model for electronically coupled distributed energy resources

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 899-909

  Kamh, Mohamed Zakaria ^a   Iravani, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active distribution systems; distributed energy resources; microgrids; three phase power flow; virtual power plants

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MICRO GRID; THREE-PHASE POWER FLOW; VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS;

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY RESOURCES; POWER PLANTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIRE;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79953194048     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2094627     Document Type: Article

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