Advances in volt-var control approaches in utility distribution systems

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn 2016-November, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Padullaparti, Harsha V ^a   Nguyen, Quan ^a   Santoso, Surya ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed power generation; Reactive power; SCADA systems; Smart grids; Voltage control

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY RESOURCES; POWER CONTROL; REACTIVE POWER; SCADA SYSTEMS; SMART POWER GRIDS; VALUE ENGINEERING; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CONSERVATION VOLTAGE REDUCTIONS; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; SMART GRID; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; UTILITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; VOLTAGE AND REACTIVE POWER CONTROL;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL;

EID: 85001849093     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2016.7741366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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