A method for evaluating volt-VAR optimization field demonstrations

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1696-1703

  Schneider, K P ^a   Weaver, T F ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution system analysis; power system control; voltage control; voltage optimization

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGY; POWER SYSTEM CONTROLS; STANDARDIZED METHODS; VOLTAGE OPTIMIZATION;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84903136682     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2014.2308872     Document Type: Article

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