A simulation tool for voltage control studies in power systems

An electrical power system is a large scale system composed of complicated and sophisticated combination of multiple electronic and electromechanical components. In general, these components are nonlinear. Power system is also characterized by a wide range of normal operating conditions which continuously vary. To help the designer study the voltage control problems in power systems, a simulation tool is presented in this paper. It is based on decomposition of the overall system simulation task into three subtasks so as to attain both computational efficiency and flexibility. The use of the proposed simulation tool in a voltage control problem is also presented.