Thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC) as one of the most important FACT devices can be used for various purposes such as reactive power compensation, voltage control, dynamic stability improvement and power oscillation damping in power systems. Practical aspects on sizing of TCSC elements must be considered to have the fast and reliable switching from capacitor to inductive region and vi...

In this paper we propose fuzzy control of DC-link capacitor voltage of three-phase four-wire DSTATCOM for power quality improvement in distribution network. It is designed to compensate reactive power and to eliminate harmonic currents. DSTATCOM regulates the voltage at the point of common coupling (PCC) by injecting reactive power to the PCC. During load changes there is considerable variation...

Abstrac tThis paper presents a procedure for the power-optimal design of high-resolution low-bandwidth switched-capacitor (SC) ∆Σ modulators (∆ΣMs). The most power efficient ΔΣ architecture is identified among single-loop switched-capacitor (SC) feedback (FB) and feed-forward (FF) topologies with different loop order N, oversampling ratio OSR, and quantizer resolution B. Based on the results ob...

Optimal capacitor placement, considering power system loss reduction, voltage profile improvement, line reactive power decrease and power factor correction, is of particular importance in power system planning and control. The distribution system operator calculates the optimal place, number and capacity of capacitors based on two major purposes: active power loss reduction and return on invest...

Power factor correction is vital in present society. The two key benefits of power factor correction, which includes reduced power costs and higher system capacity. Implementation of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) improves the power factor, power transfer capability and voltage stability. The shunt type of FACTS controller is used to either absorb or inject VARs into the system, there...

The capacitance range for tantalum capacitors spans from singular microfarads (uFd) through a thousand microfarads. It is an electrolytic type of capacitor that can utilize either a liquid type of electrolyte or a solid state material as the cathode connection. The anode construction utilizes the high porosity of the pressed tantalum material to create an enormous amount of surface area to prod...

The electrochemical performance characteristics of a prismatic lithium-ion battery, ultracapacitors, and hybrid combinations at ambient temperature are considered. The effects of pulse current, duty cycle and hybrid combinations are studied. Current pulsing was shown to improved the total energy discharged from the lithium-ion battery and battery / capacitor hybrid combinations over that of a c...

-This paper presents and compares a set of experimental results on the measurement of power and energy consumed using an ammeter and a non-conventional capacitor-based method. A standard cell CMOS multiplier is utilized as a circuit under test. The paper shows, as main result, that the capacitor-based method allows the designer to obtain information unreachable with conventional ammeter measure...