Assessment and control of the impact of FACTS devices on power system performance

Author

Galiana, F.D. ; Almeida, K. ; Toussaint, M. ; Griffin, J. ; Atanackovic, D. ; Ooi, B.T. ; McGillis, D.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

11/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1931

Lastpage

1936

Abstract

The concept of security regions is used to systematically and objectively compare the impact of various FACTS devices on the behaviour of power systems. Scalar measures of the steady-state performance of a power system with FACTS devices are used to quantify this impact. Such measures are obtained by solving an optimal power flow within the constraints of the security region. The concept of the ideal FACTS device is introduced as a means to establish a theoretical upper bound on the performance of any realizable FACTS. Such a device is tested and compared against nonideal FACTS including the variable series reactance and the variable phase-shifter. Simulations on the IEEE 118 and 30 bus networks illustrate the above concepts

Keywords

control system analysis computing; flexible AC transmission systems; load flow; load regulation; power system analysis computing; power system control; power system security; power system stability; FACTS devices; computer simulation; optimal power flow; power system performance; security regions; steady-state performance; theoretical upper bound; variable phase-shifter; variable series reactance; Control systems; Load flow; Power measurement; Power system control; Power system measurements; Power system security; Power systems; Power transmission lines; Steady-state; Transmission line theory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.544666

Filename

544666