In this paper, power transfer capacity is investigated for systems with a unified power flow controller (UPFC). The combined effects of equipment constraints? system topology and installation locations on the UPFC real power transfer are studied. The P-Q characteristics of UPFC operation under different sets of constraints are determined. The admissible operational ranges of UPFC control output...

The paper presents an apparent impedance calculation procedure for distance relaying of transmission line involving FACTS devices, particularly the UPFC (unified power flow controller). The presence of UPFC significantly affects the trip boundaries which are also adversely affected by fault resistance combined with remote end infeed. Depending on the UPFC location, the trip boundary is influenc...

Unified power flow controller (UPFC), as one of the most important FACTS devices, can be used to increase the damping of power system oscillation. The effect rate of this controller on increasing oscillation damping depends on the appropriate selection of input controlling signal, optimal selection of UPFC controlling parameters, and its proper position in power system. In this paper, the capab...

Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) is a power electronic based device that has capability of controlling the power flow through the line by controlling appropriate its series and shunt parameter. It has been reported that UPFC can improve transient stability of a simple system. This paper investigates the improvement of transient stability of inter-area power system. The mathematical model of...

This paper presents a Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) to seek the optimal number and location of FACTS devices in a power system. Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) has great flexibility that can control the active and reactive power flow and bus voltages, simultaneously. Decoupled model of the UPFC is applied to maximize the system loadability subject to the transmission line capacit...