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Transient stability enhancement of virtual synchronous generators with virtual resistance

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|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2024-0052 | Journal eISSN: 1339-309X | Journal ISSN: 1335-3632
Language: English
Page range: 435 - 448
Submitted on: Jul 7, 2024
Published on: Dec 6, 2024
Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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