There are several types of dimmers generally available. Those employing triac or thyristor devices operate in a very similar fashion. These are used for resistive, and inductive loads, such as incandescent, cold cathode and low voltage (inductive) lamp sources. Note that not all electronic transformers used for low voltage lamps are suitable for dimming by triac or thyristor dimmers. Specialist...

We propose an input protection scheme composed of thyristor devices only without using a clamp NMOS device in order to minimize the area consumed by a pad structure in CMOS RF ICs. For this purpose, we suggest low-voltage triggering thyristor protection device structures assuming usage of standard CMOS processes, and attempt an in-depth comparison study with a conventional thyristor protection ...

Topology for reactive power compensation of dynamic load in closed loop is presented. The scheme consists of Thyristor Binary Switched Capacitor (TBSC) banks and a Thyristor Controlled Reactor (TCR). TBSC is based on a chain of Thyristor Switched Capacitor (TSC) banks arranged in binary sequential manner. TCR capacity is chosen to be smallest of TBSC step size. A transient free switching of TBS...

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...

This paper investigates the role of Static Var Compensator (SVC) on stability of voltage in grid system due to the presence of harmonics.. Here the design of SVC is based on the combination of Thyristor switched capacitors (TSC’s) and Thyristor controlled reactor (TCR) . TSC’s are used for switching the capacitor banks on and off while the TCR continuously controls the reactive power by varying...

The paper mainly deals about the application of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) to increase the power transfer capabilities for new operating scenarios in the bulk power systems. With the effect of FACTS technology improves transmission capabilities to reduce the system losses, and also improves the loadability of the power system. FACTs technology allows a better utilization existing t...

In this paper the control strategies of svc are described.SVC is used to stabilize the voltage profile in a grid system.In the designing of SVC there is a combination of three TSC’s and one TCR.The SVC consists of a group of shunt connected capacitor banks and inductors with fast speed of response afforded by thyristor switching. The SVC provides the required amount of reactive power compensati...

-In this paper, multi-objective optimal placement (MOOP) of multi-type flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) devices for Thailand power system is proposed. Four types of FACTS devices are used: thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC), thyristor-controlled phase shifter (TCPS), unified power flow controller (UPFC), and static var compensator (SVC). The problem is decomposed into the opti...

This work reports the thermal modeling and characterization of a thyristor. The thyristor is used in a 6.5-MW generator excitation bridge. Temperature measurements are performed using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. These sensors have the benefits of being totally passive and immune to electromagnetic interference and also multiplexed in a single fiber. The thyristor thermal model consists o...

The effects of shunt compensation on power system transmission stability and modern approach of the reactive power control scheme have been investigated in this paper. Reactive power compensation is realized in shunt connection with two components: thyristor controlled reactor (TCR) and thyristor switched capacitor (TSC). A special attention has been given in the following paragraphs to a moder...