Load flow calculations in distribution systems with distributed resources. A review

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Martinez, Juan A ^a   Mahseredjian, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed Generation; Distributed Resource; Distribution System; Load Flow; Modeling; Storage

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LOAD FLOW; LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS; LOAD FLOW CALCULATIONS; PHASE ANGLES; POWER FLOWS; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; SYSTEM BUS; SYSTEM LOSS; VOLTAGE MAGNITUDE;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY STORAGE; MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 82855169196     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2011.6039172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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