Technical Session Index

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MM-1 Reliability Analysis
160- The Role of Numerical Tools in Maintaining Reliability During Economic Transfers
136- Interregional Long Range Adequacy Overview
161- Optimization of the structures of the electric feeder systems of the oil pumping plants in Algeria
173- Bulk Power System Reliability Assessment Considering Protection System Hidden Failures

MM-2 Angle and Voltage Stability Assessment I
85- SIME- A Method for Transient Stability Closed-loop Emergency Control: Achievements and Prospects
104- Tracking Maximum Loadability Conditions in Power Systems
115- The effect of improved system modeling in the continuation power flow method
179- Voltage Instability- The Different Shapes of the "Nose"

MA-1 Energy Markets and Asset Management I
97- Risk Assessment Approach for Re-regulated Distribution Systems
77- Changes in the market situation and the need for efficient maintenance strategies
152- Modeling Cascading in Electric Power Systems: Does Price tell us all what we need?
87- Steady-state behavior of a system under market environment near the maximum loading limit
142- Future Capacity Auctions: Lessons from the 2006 Illinois Auction

MA-2 Reactive (static and dynamic) Power Management
82- Voltage Security Constrained Reactive Power Planning Considering the Costs and Performances of VAR Devices
113-Dynamic Voltage Stability Improvement Using Coordinated Control of Dynamic VAR-Sources
119- A Hybrid On-line Slow Voltage Control Scheme for Large Power Systems
126- The assessment of power system vulnerability induced by lack of reactive power resources following severe contingencies
76- Comparative Study of the Symmetric and Asymmetric Approaches to Increase Power Transfer Capacity of a Corridor

TM-1 Control Center Applications I
107- Information Impact on the Risk Analysis of the Malicious Attack against Power System
111- Electric Power Control Center Visualization using Geographic Data Views
139- Advantages in Modern Communications as applied to Remedial Action Schemes and Control Centers
163- Common Requirements for the Next Generation EMS/MMS Architectures
167- Modelling Human Factor with Petri Nets

TM-2 Energy Markets and Power System Operation II
72- Electricity Producer Offering Strategies in Day-ahead Energy Markets
95- The Economic Aspects of Operational Reliability in Electricity Markets
99- Pondering Proper PAR Pricing
96- Opening a larger window on network flows to enhance the cross border capacity allocation in bulk interconnected systems

TA-1 Power System Protection and Fault Analysis I
89- System Integrity Protection Schemes (SIPS)
116- Relay Margin Trajectory Based Identification of Transmission Vulnerability for Power System Security Assessment
133- Towards quantifying cascading blackout risk
140- Advanced Distance Protection Applications for Dynamic Loading and Out-of-Step Conditions

WM-1 Computational Intelligence in Power Systems I
73- Transmission Line Distance Protection Using ANFIS and Positive Sequence Components
88- Optimal Scheduling of Generator Maintenance Using Modified Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization
103- Application of an ANN Based Voltage Stability Assessment Tool to Restructured Power Systems
109- Screening of EHV Alternatives using Decision Trees
131- Secure Economic Dispatch Determination through Integrated Tools and Fuzzy Inference Systems

WM-2 Power System Protection and Fault Analysis II
105- Optimized Fault Location
112- Reliability Implications of Increased Fault Currents and Breaker Failures
134- Circuit of the Future: Interoperability and SCE's DER Program
151- A Fault Current Limiter Based on an LC Resonant Circuit: Design, Scale Model and Prototype Field Tests

WA-1 Control Center Applications II
101- Globally Convergent State Estimation Based on Givens Rotations
157- Distributed State Estimation Based on the SuperCalibrator Concept – Laboratory Implementation
120- Real-Time Detection of Angle Instability using Synchrophasors and Action Principle
135- Impact of Recent Blackout Return of Experiences on Utility Operational IT Infrastructures

WA-2 Angle and Voltage Stability Assessment II
121- Oscillation Monitoring System Based on Wide Area Synchrophasors in Power Systems
123- Complementary Limit Induced Bifurcation Theorem and Analysis of Q Limits in Power Flow Studies
130- Contingency Selection and Subarea/ Loadpocket Selection for Voltage Instability
145- Identification of Critical Cutsets for Static Collapse Analysis
180- Voltage-Load Dynamics: Modeling and Control

RM-1 Load Modeling and Power System Dynamic Analysis
91- Contribution of Loads to Low Frequency Oscillations in Power System Operation
147- Electric Load Modelling Considering Distribution Network
93- Modal Analysis of Power Systems with Doubly Fed Induction Generators
137- Improved Algorithm to Trace Critical Eigenvalues of Power System via Continuation of Invariant Subspaces
150- Contingency Assessment for Voltage Dip and Short Term Voltage Stability Analysis via Decoupled Time Domain Method

RM-2 GPS-Synchronized Measurement Applications
141- Calibration and Testing of Tesla Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) Using Doble F6150 Test Instrument
146- PhasorNet: High Performance Network Communications Architecture for Synchrophasor Data Transfer in Wide Area Monitoring, Protection and Control Applications
149- Characteristic Ellipsoid Method for Monitoring Power System Dynamic Behavior Using Phasor Measurements
153- Satellite based Communication Network for Large Scale Power System Applications
154- The Power Angle and Phase Measurement Unites Based Wide Area Measurement System and Its Applications

RA-1 HVDC and FACTS
74- Coordinated Control of FACTS Devices in Power Systems for Security Enhancement
75- Multichoice Control Strategy for VSC-HVdc
78- On the assessment of the impact of a conventional HVDC on a test power system
79- Dynamic Power Flow Controllers for Transmission Corridors
84- Novel topology and protection strategy for a multi-terminal HVDC-Light system
143- On an SVC Backstepping Damping Nonlinear Controller Design for Power Systems

RA-2 Intelligent Control II
102- MISO Damping Controller Design for a TCSC using Particle Swarm
124- Neural-Network-Based Intelligent Control for Improving Dynamic Performance of FACTS Devices
125- Making the Power Grid More Intelligent
127- Stability Enhancement through Reinforcement Learning

FM-1 Topics on Alternative Energy Sources
81- Optimal Energy Flow of Integrated Energy Systems with Hydrogen Economy Considerations
110- Evaluation of PHEV Impacts on the Electrical Grid Using the ORCED Model
92- Massive Deployment of Wind Generation: Dynamics and its Impact on Power Grid Operation
94- Impact of Large-Scale Wind Power Generation on the Dynamic Behaviour of Interconnected Power Systems
106- Impact of Wind Turbines on Power System Stability

FM-2 Microgrid and Distributed Generation
114- Tieline Controls in Microgrid Applications
117- DG and Protection Systems in Distribution Network: Failure Monitoring System based on Petri Nets
144- Dynamics of a Microgrid Supplied by Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
164- Experiment and Simulation of Dynamic Voltage Regulation with Multiple Distributed Energy Resources
166- Multiple Purpose Micro Hydro Electric Power Station
80- Denoising Electrical Signal via Empirical Mode Decomposition