Determination of the weakest branch in a radial distribution network using local voltage stability indicator at the proximity of the voltage collapse point

Author

Banerjee, Sumit ; Chanda, C.K. ; Konar, S.C.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Dr. B. C. Roy Eng. Coll., Durgapur, India

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a unique method to determine the weakest branch or the overstressed branch in a distribution network. This radial feature of the network has been fully exploited to establish the concept of local voltage stability indicator in terms of reactive power. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been successfully tested in 12 bus radial distribution system and the results are found to be in very good agreement.

Keywords

distribution networks; power system dynamic stability; reactive power; 12 bus radial distribution system; local voltage stability indicator; overstressed branch; radial distribution network; reactive power; voltage collapse point; weakest branch; Load flow; Power engineering and energy; Power system analysis computing; Power system management; Power system planning; Power system security; Power system stability; Reactive power; Stability analysis; Voltage control; Local voltage stability indicator; radial distribution system; voltage collapse; weakest branch;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems, 2009. ICPS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharagpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4330-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4331-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWS.2009.5442777

Filename

5442777