Title :
Elements of FACTS Controllers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper gives a summary of one of the presentations proposed under the Panel Session on “FACTS Fundamentals” sponsored by the DC and FACTS Subcommittee. This paper presents a brief description and operating principles of the different Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) Controllers.
Keywords :
Control systems; Damping; Load flow; Power capacitors; Power system stability; Power system transients; Short circuit currents; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors; Voltage control; FACTS; Flexible AC Transmission System; Power System Control; Power System Stability; Power Transfer Improvement; Power electronic Equipment; Voltage Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2010 IEEE PES
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6546-0
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.2010.5484408
