<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saqib Hasan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chhokra, Ajay</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dubey, Abhishek</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mahadevan, Nagabhushan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karsai, Gabor</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Simulation Testbed for Cascade Analysis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT)</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://archive.isis.vanderbilt.edu/sites/default/files/ISGT_2017_paper1.pdf</style></url><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://archive.isis.vanderbilt.edu/sites/default/files/ISGT_2017_presentation.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electrical power systems  are heavily instrumented with  protection assemblies (relays and breakers) that detect anomalies and arrest failure propagation. However, failures in these discrete protection devices could have inadvertent consequences, including cascading failures resulting in blackouts. This paper aims to model the behavior of these discrete protection devices in nominal and faulty conditions  and apply it towards simulation and contingency analysis of cascading failures  in power transmission systems. The behavior under fault conditions are used to identify and explain conditions for blackout evolution which are not otherwise obvious. The results are demonstrated using a standard IEEE-14 Bus System.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>