Research Article

Static Voltage Stability Assessment of the Kenyan Power Network

Table 5

Buses with highest participation factors in their respective Q-Modes and their corresponding VQ sensitivities.

Q-modeBus (kV)Participation factor

1MAUNGU 3.3 kV0.026522280.02012250
TITANIUM 11 kV0.024949990.01221846
MANYANI 6.6 kV0.024054060.02060746
VIPINGO 11 kV0.023869960.01816219
MSA CEMENT 6.9 kV0.023411290.00673793
KILIFI 33 kV0.022057380.00706953
JOMVU 33 kV0.022014980.00949466
VOI 33 kV0.021372030.01063525
NEW MAUNGU 33 kV0.021030450.01044835
KILIFI 132 kV0.020346320.00706953

2NDHIWA 33 KV0.097116230.01316023
NDHIWA 132 kV0.082572130.00773125
AWENDO 33 kV0.082227460.00947862
KISII 33 kV0.079149680.00839135
AWENDO 132 kV0.077999810.00677692
CHEMOSIT1 33 kV0.072150370.01148787
CHEMOSIT2 33 kV0.068552420.01141655
KISII 132 kV0.067882630.00562183
BOMET 33 kV0.067498050.01097600
BOMET 132 kV0.058439520.00543924

3SULTAN HAMUD 33 kV0.084661160.01942419
MTITO ANDEI 3.3 kV0.052175990.02078821
WOTE 33 kV0.051171960.00833651
ULU 6.6 kV0.048650660.01712400
NEW S.HAMUD 33 kV0.046451010.00726506
KIBOKO 33 kV0.045931150.00788178
KIBOKO 132 kV0.045339450.00355300
MAKINDU 132 kV0.043549710.00374664
WOTE 132 kV0.043267510.00391558
SULTAN HAMUD 132 kV0.040633300.00300149

4LOKICHAR 33 kV0.33000150.01934614
LOKICHAR 66 kV0.25915550.01422896
KALEMNGOROK 33 kV0.23752070.01881238
KALEMNGOROK 66 kV0.14508770.00865333
TURKWELL 66 kV0.02823460.00350657

5GARISSA 11 kV0.38963020.01425841
GARISSA 132 kV0.29867840.01044549
MWINGI 33 kV0.17920260.00973072
MWINGI 132 kV0.13248890.00564510