Voltage/VAR control in distribution networks via reactive power injection through distributed generators

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1226-1234

  Deshmukh, Siddharth ^a   Natarajan, Balasubramaniam ^a   Pahwa, Anil ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex optimization; distributed generation; distribution network; sequential convex programming; voltage VAR control

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; CONTROL PROBLEMS; DISTRIBUTED GENERATORS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; NONCONVEX PROBLEM; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PHASE IMBALANCES; POWER ELECTRONICS INTERFACE; POWER FLOW EQUATIONS; REACTIVE POWER INJECTIONS; RUNTIMES; TEST FEEDERS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; CONVEX PROGRAMMING; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; POWER ELECTRONICS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

REACTIVE POWER;

EID: 84865522374     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2012.2196528     Document Type: Article

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