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University of South Florida

2019

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Improving Stability By Enhancing Critical Fault Clearing Time, Ammara M. Ghani Jun 2019

Improving Stability By Enhancing Critical Fault Clearing Time, Ammara M. Ghani

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Bulk Electric System (BES) in the United States includes transmission lines of 100kV and above, transformers of 100kV and above on Low Voltage (LV) side and generating units that step up to 100 kV and above. The BES is a power network that connects different states and utility companies via tie lines for exchange of Power.

To maintain the integrity of power systems, it is very important to keep the BES intact and for that the regulatory authority, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), has developed over 100s of reliability standards and is responsible to enforce them.

During the …