Classification of networks based on inherent structural characteristics

This paper seeks to identify and classify power system networks based on their inherent definitive structural property. The participation between the load buses is observable from the eigenvectors obtained from a Schur complement of the Y-admittance matrix. This is used to classify power system networks as either topologically strong or weak. Results show that in a topologically weak network, load voltages are below the nominal voltage limit. Conversely, in a topologically strong network they are above the nominal limit.

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