Identification of voltage stability condition of a power system using measurements of bus variables

Abstract

Several online methods were proposed for investigating the voltage stability condition of an interconnected power system using the measurements of voltage and current phasors at a bus. For this purpose, phasor measurement units (PMUs) are used. A PMU is a device which measures the electrical waves on an electrical network, using a common time source (reference bus) for synchronisation. This study proposes a method for online monitoring of voltage stability condition of a power system using measurements of bus variables namely – (i) real power, (ii) reactive power and (iii) bus voltage magnitude at a bus. The measurements of real power, reactive power and bus voltage magnitude could be extracted/captured from a smart energy meter. The financial involvement for implementation of the proposed method would significantly lower compared with the PMU-based method.