Title :
Too Close to Reactive Power Limits
Author_Institution :
Fellow, IEEE, President, Henville Consulting Inc; Registered Professional Engineer, Province of BC, Member, Vice Chair, IEEE Power System Relay Committee (PSRC).
Abstract :
This paper notes some incidents where disturbances were exacerbated by lack of reactive power to support voltages, and offers some comments on undervoltage load shedding to prevent cascading.
Keywords :
load shedding; power system faults; reactive power control; power system disturbances; reactive power limits; undervoltage load shedding; Capacitance; Frequency; Impedance; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Power system protection; Power systems; Power transmission lines; Reactive power; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1296-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1932-5517
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2007.385918