Reducing distributed generator curtailment through active power flow management

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 149-157

  Dolan, Michael J ^a   Davidson, Euan M ^a   Kockar, Ivana ^a   Ault, Graham W ^a   McArthur, Stephen D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active network management; distributed generation; intelligent systems; optimal power flow; smart grids

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED GENERATORS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATORS; MONITORING AND CONTROL; MV DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; POWER FLOW MANAGEMENT; REAL-TIME OPERATION; SMART GRID;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; ACTIVE NETWORKS; ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ENERGY POLICY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84892614992     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2013.2267617     Document Type: Article

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