Iman KAFFASHAN, Seyed Mohammad Taghi MORTEZAEE MIRALI, Turaj AMRAEE

A robust undervoltage load shedding scheme against voltage instability

: Undervoltage load shedding (UVLS) is an effective measure for restoring voltage stability as a last resort in emergency conditions. In this paper, a UVLS scheme is proposed considering the uncertainties of load and line parameters. The loading margin is considered as the voltage stability index. The proposed scheme determines the optimal load shedding pattern subject to technical constraints. The info-gap decision theory uncertainty modeling technique is utilized to find a robust and cost-effective pattern of load shedding. The proposed scheme is formulated as a nonlinear programming problem, which is solved using the sequential quadratic programming technique. The performance of the proposed scheme is verified for the IEEE-14 bus and IEEE-118 bus test systems.

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