Title :
Use of special protection systems to overcome power congestion in the Western United States
Author :
Hsu, James ; DeShazo, Gary ; Wong, Willie
Author_Institution :
Transmission Syst. Planning Dept., Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the technical analysis of using special protection systems (SPS) and various fast acting devices to improve the stability performance of the power system and to maximize power transfers. This can minimize the impact of critical disturbances on the existing system or the need for new transmission facility additions to the system. This paper discusses the planning studies and the associated system reliability criteria and the broad technical advantages that can be achieved by utilizing these two types of special protection system for the power congestion mitigation.
Keywords :
power system stability; power transmission protection; power transmission reliability; Western Electricity Coordinating Council; Western United States; critical disturbance; critical disturbances impact minimisation; fast acting devices; limited transmission capacity; power congestion mitigation; power system stability performance improvement; power transfers maximisation; simultaneous power transfers; special protection system; synchronism; system reliability criteria; technical analysis; transmission facility additions; voltage collapse; Councils; Nuclear power generation; Performance analysis; Power system interconnection; Power system planning; Power system protection; Power system stability; Power systems; Reliability; Rivers;
Conference_Titel :
Power System Technology, 2002. Proceedings. PowerCon 2002. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7459-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICPST.2002.1067748
