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Advances in Power Electronics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 208231, 18 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/208231
Research Article

Analysis of a Microgrid under Transient Conditions Using Voltage and Frequency Controller

Monika Jain,1 Sushma Gupta,1 Deepika Masand,2 and Gayatri Agnihotri1

1Electrical Engineering Department, Maulana Azad National Institute (M.A.N.I.T), Deemed University, Bhopal (M.P.) 462052, India
2Electrical and Electronic Department of Engineering, Oriental college of science and technology (O.I.S.T), R.G.P.V University, Bhopal (M.P.) 462021, India

Received 24 May 2012; Revised 21 September 2012; Accepted 5 October 2012

Academic Editor: Pavol Bauer

Copyright © 2012 Monika Jain et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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