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Causes Of The Blackout: The Grid Operation And Environment, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz
Causes Of The Blackout: The Grid Operation And Environment, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz
Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz
Despite huge advancements in different power system components, operations, and protection technologies, todayÕs power systems are more vulnerable to blackouts than ever before. Deregulation, market competition, and increasing demands, in addition to less investment in transmission assets, all contribute to the critical state power systems operate at. Two main characteristics of the power system are always being put under the scope of study, reliability and security. This paper takes a subjective thorough look at the previous numerous blackout events, surveyed by the authors, that have been encountered by different power systems around the globe and classifies them into different types …