Flexible ac Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices have emerged in power system because of the development of power electronics components for high voltage and power. The FACTS devices provide higher controllability in power systems by means of power electronic devices. Several FACTS equipments have been already introduced for various applications worldwide, and new types of FACTS are in the stag...

In developing countries, a pressure associated with economical and environmental constraints has forced the power utilities to meet the future demand by fully utilizing the existing resource of transmission facilities without building new lines. Flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS) devices are used to control the phase angle, voltage and impedance of high voltage AC lines. ...

Electricity market activities and a growing demand for electricity have led to heavily stressed power systems. This requires operation of the networks closer to their stability limits. Cost effective solutions are preferred over network extensions. The flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS), a new technology based on power electronics, offers an opportunity to enhance controll...

Financial transmission rights (FTR) auction is an important method for allocating the network transmission capabilities to the market participants who value them most. In this letter, series flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS) devices are modeled as additional power injection at buses in the presented linear optimization problem of FTR auction, which is based on a dc power flow model. The ...

in this paper, the unified power flow controller (upfc) is enhanced with a chaotic particle swarm optimization (cpso) damping controller in order to mitigate the low frequency oscillations (lfo) in a single machine infinite bus (smib) power system. the designed damping controller is an optimized lead-lag controller, which extracts the speed deviation of the generator rotor and generates the out...

Power system engineers are currently facing challenges to increase the power transfer capabilities of existing transmission system. This is where the Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) technology comes into effect. With relatively low investment, compared to new transmission or generation facilities, the FACTS technology allows the industries to better utilize the existing transmission an...

Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) controllers with its ability to directly control the power flow can offer great opportunities in modern power system, allowing better and safer operation of transmission network. In this paper, in order to find type, size and location of FACTS devices in a power system a Dedicated Improved Particle Swarm Optimization (DIPSO) algorithm is developed for de...

Electric arc furnace (EAF) is one of the largest loads in electric power systems. It is highly time varying and nonlinear. Its reactive power variations cause voltage fluctuations in nearby system which is known as flicker. On the other hand the nonlinear voltage-current characteristic causes strong voltage and current harmonics in EAF. To this end Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) techn...

Deregulation and privatization are posing new challenges to high-voltage transmission systems. High-voltage power electronics, such as HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) and FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems), provide the necessary features to avoid technical problems in heavily loaded power systems; they increase the transmission capacity and system stability very efficiently and assist ...

This paper presents an overview over different areas where Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices can help system operators run the transmission system more efficiently especially under the consideration of liberalized electricity markets. Furthermore, an example network, based on realistic data, is shown where the installation of a TCSC increases the transfer capacity into a region c...