Abstract The Power electronic based FACTS devices can be added to power transmission and distribution systems at strategic locations to improve system performance. This paper deals with the simulation of various FACTS controllers using simulation program with Integrated circuits Emphasis (PSPICE) .The FACTS controllers will control series impedance, shunt impedance, current, voltage and phase a...

There are many problems arising in the electrical networks. In that, voltage fluctuation and power loss reduction becomes a major drawback in the electrical power supply system. Hence it is necessary to enhance the system power flow by placing suitable facts devices. The placement of FACTS devices in suitable location can lead to control the flow of current and maintain bus voltages in desired ...

Power systems exhibit various modes of oscillation due to interactions among system components. Many of the oscillations are due to synchronous machine rotors swinging relative to each other. Controllable Series Devices (CSD), i.e. series connected Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices, such as Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC), Controllable Series Capacitor (CSC) and Quadrature B...

This paper proposes a new range of FACTS device based on direct AC-AC conversion, where the modular multilevel AC hexagonal chopper (M2AHC) is employed. The M2AHC is operated in quasitwo-level (Q2L) mode; and the heterodyne modulation is used to decouple voltage amplitude regulation from the phase shift; thus, independent control of active and reactive power is achieved. Then, a family of FACTS...

In this paper, a novel method using Bees Algorithm is proposed to determine the optimal allocation of FACTS devices for maximizing the Available Transfer Capability (ATC) of power transactions between source and sink areas in the deregulated power system. The algorithm simultaneously searches the FACTS location, FACTS parameters and FACTS types. Two types of FACTS are simulated in this study na...

This paper presents a genetic algorithm based approach for solving security constrained optimal power flow problem (SCOPF) including FACTS devices. The optimal location of FACTS devices are identified using an index called overload index and the optimal values are obtained using an enhanced genetic algorithm. The optimal allocation by the proposed method optimizes the investment, taking into ac...

Problem statement: FACTS devices play a major role in the efficient operation of the complex power system. FACTS devices such as STATCOM, SSSC and IPFC are in increasing usage. With energy storage systems they have a good control over the real as well as reactive power compensation and transient stability improvement. The design of controller for the SSSC with SMES system is analyzed in this st...

This paper concerns the optimization and coordination of the conventional FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) damping controllers in multimachine power system. Firstly, the parameters of FACTS controller are optimized. Then, a hybrid fuzzy logic controller for the coordination of FACTS controllers is presented. This coordination method is well suitable to series connected FACTS devices lik...