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PS Stability Concept

Voltage stability is the ability of a power system to maintain acceptable voltages at all busses during normal operating conditions and after disturbances. When a fault occurs, voltages can become unstable and progressively decline. This can lead to voltage collapse, where post-disturbance voltages drop below acceptable limits. Voltage stability is classified into large-disturbance and small-disturbance stability. Large disturbances like faults or loss of generation are studied through nonlinear time simulations, while small disturbances can be analyzed using steady-state models. The voltage stability limit is reached when reactive power injections can no longer raise voltages to nominal levels.

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PS Stability Concept

Voltage stability is the ability of a power system to maintain acceptable voltages at all busses during normal operating conditions and after disturbances. When a fault occurs, voltages can become unstable and progressively decline. This can lead to voltage collapse, where post-disturbance voltages drop below acceptable limits. Voltage stability is classified into large-disturbance and small-disturbance stability. Large disturbances like faults or loss of generation are studied through nonlinear time simulations, while small disturbances can be analyzed using steady-state models. The voltage stability limit is reached when reactive power injections can no longer raise voltages to nominal levels.

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Definition: Voltage stability in the power system is defined as the ability of a power system

to maintain acceptable voltages at all bus in the system under normal condition and after
being subjected to a disturbance. In the normal operating condition the voltage of a power
system is stable, but when the fault or disturbance occurs in the system, the voltage becomes
unstable this result in a progressive and uncontrollable decline in voltage. Voltage stability is
sometimes also called load stability.

Due to the voltage instability, a power system may undergo voltage collapse, if the post-
disturbance equilibrium voltage near loads is below acceptable limits. Voltage collapse is
also defined as a process by which the voltage instability provides advantages of a very low
voltage profile in the essential part of the system. Voltage collapse may be total or partial
blackout. The terms voltage instability and voltage collapse are often used interchangeably.

Classification of Voltage Stability

Voltage stability may be classified into two categories. These are

1. Large-disturbance Voltage Stability


2. Small-disturbance Voltage Stability

Large-disturbance Voltage Stability – It is concerned with a system stability to control


voltages following a large disturbance such as system faults, loss of load, or loss of
generation. For determination of this form of stability requires the examination of the
dynamic performance of the system over a period sufficient to capture of such devices as
under load tap changing transformers, generator field, and current limiters. Large disturbance
voltage studies can be studied by using non-linear time domain simulations which include
proper modeling.

Small-Disturbances Voltage Stability – The operating state of a power system is said to


have small disturbances voltage stability if the system has small disturbances, a voltage near
loads does not change or remain close to the pre-disturbance values. The concept of small
disturbance stability is related to steady state and be analyzed using a small-signal model of
the system.

Voltage Stability Limit

The Voltage stability limit can be defined as the limiting stage in a power system beyond
which no amount of reactive power injection will raise the system voltage to its nominal
state. The system voltage can only be adjusted by reactive power injections till the system
voltage stability is maintained.

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