Voltage stability can be analyzed using P-V curve which shows the interaction between power delivered at a constant power factor and the corresponding change in bus voltage. Consider the following model depicting the transfer of AC power between two buses across a line: Figure 1. Simple AC power transmission model is the complex impedance of the line. : Where By keeping the voltage at bus 1, power angle and line impedance constant, we can plot the effect of increasing the active power on the voltage at bus 2 on a PV curve: Figure 3. PV Curve. Transmission line power flow is an integral part of power systems studies and is used to calculate steady state voltage, voltage angle, real and reactive power flow in an interconnected power system. Interconnected power system will have many generators, loads and interconnecting transmission. Bus voltage is the electrical potential measured on a shared conductor, or “bus,” that distributes power or signals between components in a system.
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