Research Article

Assessment of Transient Stability through Coherent Machine Identification by Using Least-Square Support Vector Machine

Table 2

Application of credible contingencies.

ContingencyType of faultLocation of faultTripped lineFault duration (freq. 60 Hz)System load (% of base case)

Case I3-phase faultBus 13Line 13-1410.37 cycles97.50%
Case II3-phase faultBus 7Line 6-79.0 cycles110.00%
Case III3-phase faultBus 10Line 10-1110.0 cycles95.00%
Case IV3-phase faultBus 14Line 14-156.5 cycles105.00%
Case V3-phase faultBus 26Line 26-278.3 cyclesBase case
Case VI3-phase faultGen. 4 (bus 34)11.69 cycles105.00%