Title: Voltage stability of radial distribution networks for different types of loads

Authors: Sumit Banerjee; Debapriya Das; Chandan Kumar Chanda

Addresses: Electrical Engineering Department, Dr. B.C. Roy, Engineering College, Durgapur-713206, India ' Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India ' Electrical Engineering Department, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah – 711103, India

Abstract: The paper presents voltage stability analysis of radial distribution networks. A new voltage stability index is proposed for identifying the node, which is most sensitive to voltage collapse. It is shown that the node, at which the value of voltage stability index is minimum, is more sensitive to voltage collapse. For the purpose of voltage stability analysis, constant power, constant current, constant impedance and composite load modelling are considered. It is seen that with the insertion of shunt capacitor, load capability limit of the feeder has increased for all types of loads. By using this voltage stability index, one can measure the level of voltage stability of radial distribution networks and thereby appropriate action may be taken if the index indicates a poor level of stability. The proposed method is compared with the other two existing methods. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated through two examples.

Keywords: radial distribution networks; voltage stability index; VSI; voltage collapse; voltage stability analysis; constant power; constant current; constant impedance; composite load modelling; shunt capacitor.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPEC.2014.059984

International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion, 2014 Vol.5 No.1, pp.70 - 87

Received: 01 Oct 2011
Accepted: 06 Aug 2012
Published online: 13 May 2014 *

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