Comparing secondary voltage regulation and shunt compensation for improving voltage stability and transfer capability in the Italian power system

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Cañizares, Claudio A ^a   Cavallo, Claudio ^b   Pozzi, Massimo ^b   Corsi, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CESI   (Italy)

Author keywords

FACTS; Mechanical switched capacitors; Secondary voltage control; Shunt compensation; STATCOM; SVC; Transfer capability; Voltage stability

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COSTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; SET THEORY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

FACTS; MECHANICAL SWITCHED CAPACITORS (MSC); SECONDARY VOLTAGE CONTROL; SHUNT COMPENSATION; STATCOM; STATIC VAR COMPENSATORS (SVC); TRANSFER CAPABILITY; VOLTAGE STABILITY;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 9944241266     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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