• DocumentCode
    3197801
  • Title

    Concepts of FACTS controllers

  • Author

    Varma, Rajiv K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    20-23 March 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper provides a summary of one of the presentations planned under the Panel Session on “Dynamic Reactive Compensation” sponsored by the DC and FACTS Subcommittee. A brief description of the operating characteristics and control applications of different Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) Controllers is presented in this paper.
  • Keywords
    controllers; flexible AC transmission systems; FACTS controller; dynamic reactive compensation; flexible AC transmission system; Automatic voltage control; Power capacitors; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors; FACTS; Flexible AC Transmission System; Power Electronic Equipment; Power System Control; Power System Stability; Power Transfer Improvement; Voltage Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE), 2011 IEEE/PES
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-789-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-61284-787-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772582
  • Filename
    5772582