Research Article

Critical System Cascading Collapse Assessment for Determining the Sensitive Transmission Lines and Severity of Total Loading Conditions

Table 5

Results of each initial line tripping for IEEE 14-bus system using the proposed method and fault chain theory.

Proposed methodFault chain theory [11]
Initial line tripping Initial line trippingVulnerability index

4-50.95871-20.1838
2-30.62742–40.1838
2–40.55464–70.1134
1-20.53226–130.0644
9–140.50681–50.0570
9-100.50219–140.0550
4–90.48676–110.0515
2–50.45773-40.0478
7–90.42662-30.0447
7-80.39056–120.0344
1–50.35364-50.0275
10-110.337112-130.0275
4–70.32959-100.0206
3-40.32872–50.0172
12-130.31934–90.0172
6–110.31015-60.0172
6–120.287310-110.0172
6–130.259813-140.0172
5-60.20807-80.0129
13-140.15907–90.0103