Title :
Voltage Stability Toolbox for Power System Education and Research
Author :
Ayasun, Saffet ; Nwankpa, Chika O. ; Kwatny, Harry G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nigde Univ.
Abstract :
This paper presents a Matlab-based voltage stability toolbox (VST) designed to analyze bifurcation and voltage stability problems in electric power systems. VST combines proven computational and analytical capabilities of bifurcation theory, and symbolic implementation and graphical representation capabilities of Matlab and its toolboxes. The motivation for developing the package is to provide a flexible simulation environment for an ongoing research conducted at the Center for Electric Power Engineering (CEPE) of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, and to enhance undergraduate/graduate power engineering courses. VST is a very flexible tool for load flow, small-signal and transient stability, and bifurcation analysis. After a brief summary of power system model and local bifurcations, the paper illustrates the capabilities of VST using the IEEE 14-bus system as an example and describes its successful integration into power engineering courses at Nigde University, Nigde, Turkey
Keywords :
educational courses; load flow; power engineering education; power system transient stability; Center for Electric Power Engineering; IEEE 14-bus system; Matlab; bifurcation analysis; flexible simulation; graphical representation; load flow; power engineering courses; power system voltage stability toolbox; transient stability; Bifurcation; Computer languages; Power engineering; Power system analysis computing; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Power system stability; Power system transients; Stability analysis; Voltage; Load flow; Matlab; local bifurcations; power engineering education; symbolic computation; voltage stability;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TE.2006.879798
