Optimal placement and sizing method to improve the voltage stability margin in a distribution system using distributed generation

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 326-334

  Al Abri, R S ^a   El Saadany, Ehab F ^a   Atwa, Yasser M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed generation (DG); distribution system; optimum power flow; voltage profile; voltage stability

Indexed keywords

DG UNIT; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMUM POWER FLOW; PENETRATION LEVEL; STABILITY MARGINS; SYSTEM VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE PROFILE; VOLTAGE STABILITY MARGINS;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTIVE POWER; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS;

EID: 84872838195     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2012.2200049     Document Type: Article

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