Voltage collapse proximity index determination using voltage phasors approach

In the paper, a "phasor concept" of voltage collapse proximity determination is presented. An adequate voltage proximity index is calculated based on the voltage phasor values only. Furthermore, an algorithm is derived which automatically detects the network transmission paths to the load nodes which are prone to voltage collapse due to additional real or reactive loading. The algorithm is tested on practical networks and exhibits comparable accuracy to the existing methods and low computing time consumption.