Power System Stability

To talk about power system is to talk about a wide interconnected network.

So the stability of such a system can be dealt with by understanding the
major components included in it, as well as the they interact. Only when
we understand this we begin to see what all opposing forces build up to
create the equillibrium within the system. Based on our experience and
studies stability has been broadly classified into two, rotor angle stability
and voltage stability.
As the name suggests rotor angle stability deals with the stability of
alternators within the system. It can be simply explained as, none of the
alternators must lose their synchronism.
Voltage stability is a relatively new field which deals to keep all the bus
voltages within acceptable limits. It is more related to reactive power
compensation at the bus.