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Understanding the feasible power flow region is of central importance to power system analysis. In this paper, we propose a geometric view of the power system loadability problem. By using rectangular coordinates for complex voltages, we…
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Achieving the highest possible mass resolving power in a multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer requires very high-stability power supplies. To this end, we have developed a programmable high-voltage power supply that can achieve…
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Accurate real-time assessment of power systems voltage stability has been an active area of research in the past few decades. In the past decade, after the development of phasor measurement units (PMU), a lot of discussions has been going…
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