Direct transient stability assessment with excitation control

The authors extended the applicability of the transient energy function method by incorporating the exciter effects in the energy of a multimachine power system during the first swing transient. The generator was represented by the two-axis model and the exciter was represented by one gain, one time constant, and one limiter. In this study they compute the parameters of the extended transient energy function, which assumes a constant average internal EMF. The critical value of this transient energy is determined. A procedure for its use in transient stability assessment has been developed and successfully applied to fault disturbances in two test networks.<>