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Voltage Collapse. An Engineering Challenge, Mariesa Crow, Bernard C. Lesieutre

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Voltage collapse is characterised by a loss of control of the voltage levels in a power system. Although all of the precise mechanisms that affect voltage collapse have not yet been identified, voltage instabilities are known to occur when the power system is operating under a stressed state. The authors discuss voltage collapse and its relationship with the point of maximum power transfer and how voltage collapse can be better predicted