Automatic contingency selection based on a pattern analysis approach

Summary form only given. This paper presents a method for power systems automatic contingency selection and static security evaluation. It is possible to identify potentially harmful contingencies in a very short computational time, being the risk of false alarms and contingency misses. The method is tested for many different operating conditions and simulated with the IEEE 24 bus test system. Classification rates for contingency selection and static security evaluation are also provided.