Investigation into the advancement of FACTS and their implementation impact on a utility

Author

El Sayed, H.I. ; Johnson, B.K. ; Lai, L.L. ; Tse, Norman

Author_Institution

Planning Dept, Qatar Elec/Water Corp, Qatar

fYear

2009

fDate

8-11 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the advancement of the FACTS, both in the technology development and applications. The paper will survey different FACTS devices available, review and compare their different applications in power systems. It will investigate the ability of FACTS to improve power transfer and voltage control will be reviewed in light of different types of compensation, series, shunt at midpoints, single or multi-function etc. FACTS definite impacts on a utility network with anticipated advantages and disadvantages will be explored.

Keywords

CSC- Convertible Static Compensator; CSC- Current Source Converter; FACTS- Flexible AC Transmission; GCT- Gate Commutated Thyristor; GTO- Gate Turn-Off Thyristor; MSC- Mechanically Switched Capacitor; Phase Shifting Transformer- PST; SC- Series Compensation; SSSC- Static Synchronous Series Compensator; STATCOM- Static Compensator; STS- Static Transfer Switch; SVC- Static Var Compensator; TCR- Thyristor Controlled Reactor; TCSC-Thyristor Control Series Capacitor; TSC- Thyristor Switched Capacitor; UPFC- Unified Power Flow Controller; UPQC- Unified Power Quality Conditioner; VSC- Voltage Source Converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM 2009), 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong, China

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2009.1860

Filename

5528296