Principles of FACTS Devices

Blurb/Summary Chapter 1: Concepts of power flow and Stability basic theory of line compensation Thyristor controlled and converter based FACTS controllers Chapter 2: POWER ELECTRONICS CONTROLLERS: Review of PWM Voltage Source Inverters used in FACTS devices; Multilevel Inverters Cascaded multilevel Inverters Chapter 3: STATIC SHUNT COMPENSATORS: Midpoint voltage regulation; Variable Impedance type and switching converter type static Var generators SVC and STATCOM- TCR TSC V-I and V-Q characteristics Chapter 4: STATIC SERIES COMPENSATOR: Concept of Series Compensation voltage stability variable impedance type series compensators GCSC TSSC TCSC and SSSC control techniques control range and VA rating Chapter 5: STATIC VOLTAGE & PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATORS: Power Flow Control TCVR and TCPAR Improvement of transient stability Chapter 6: UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER (UPFC): Concept of power flow control operation and control of UPFC Interline Power Flow Controller (IPFC) Chapter 7: STABILITY ANALYSIS: Modeling of FACTS devices optimization of FACTS transient and dynamic stability Chapter 8: APPLICATIONS OF FACTS DEVICES IN HVDC LINK