Minimizing the reactive support for distributed generation: Enhanced passive operation and smart distribution networks

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2134-2142

  Ochoa, Luis F ^a   Keane, Andrew ^b   Harrison, Gareth P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; N 1 contingencies; optimal power flow; Smart Grids; wind power

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MULTI-PERIOD; N-1 CONTINGENCIES; NEW GENERATION CAPACITY; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; POWER FACTORS; REACTIVE POWER SUPPORT; REACTIVE SUPPORT; SMART GRID; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TRANSMISSION GRIDS; UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 80054889055     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2011.2122346     Document Type: Article

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