Allocation of UPFC in North West grid of Iran to increase power system security

Author

Asadzadeh, Babak ; Asadzadeh, Vahid ; Hosseini, Seyed Hossein ; Gharehpetia, Gevorg B.

Author_Institution

Dispatching Center of Azerbaijan Regional Electr. Co. (AREC), Tabriz, Iran

fYear

2010

fDate

19-22 April 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The exploitation of Flexible Alternating-Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) based on power semiconductor devices is growing regularly in power systems to solve issues caused by electrical energy generation, transmission and consumption. Implementation of FACTS is a highly complex problem where solution often involves comprehensive study on power system diagnosis, possible solutions, the purpose of installation and efficiency of FACTS devices on improving network parameters. In this paper the placement of Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) in Azerbaijan transmission network of year 2016 has been studied. The allocation method is based on sensitivity analysis, to increase the load-ability, to improve the voltage profile and to decrease the steady state transmission losses. It is proposed to use losses index further than common indexes to improve sensitivity analysis. The best installation locations have been presented in this paper.

Keywords

Flexible AC transmission systems; Load flow; Power generation; Power semiconductor devices; Power system analysis computing; Power system security; Propagation losses; Sensitivity analysis; Steady-state; Voltage; Azerbaijan Regional Electric Company; FACTS; Power System Controller; Power System Security; UPFC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2010 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6546-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2010.5484193

Filename

5484193