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...

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 ...

Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) controller has got unanimous acceptance in the electric power industry due to their control capability especially transmission and sub networks. These FACTS devices play a decisive role stability enhancement effective asset utilization. The controllers suffer from grave drawbacks such as colossal size, poor reliability, high cost, unavailability of experi...

This paper describes how multi-agent system technology can be used as the underpinning platform for voltage control in power systems. In this study, some FACTS (flexible AC transmission systems) devices are properly designed to coordinate their decisions and actions in order to provide a coordinated secondary voltage control mechanism based on multi-agent theory. Each device here is modeled as ...

With the current transitioning and increasing complexity of power systems owing to continuous integration distributed generators (DGs) Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), system quality security studies have extended incorporate impacts these technologies. This paper presents a review operation reliability FACTS technologies in improving modern Cyber-Physical Power (CPPS). While introduci...

This paper presents the use of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) for improving loadability of the system in deregulated electric power system.The optimallocation and parameter settingsof two types of FACTS devices have been investigated in this study. The Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC) and Thyristor Controlled Series Compensation (TCSC) as two FACTS devices are considered i...

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...

This paper presents Genetic Algorithm (GA) based approach for the allocation of FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission System) devices for the improvement of Power transfer capacity in an interconnected Power System. The GA based approach is applied on IEEE 30 BUS System. The system is reactively loaded starting from base to 200% of base load. FACTS devices are installed in the different locations of ...

in emerging electric power systems, increased transactions often lead to the situations where the system no longer remains in secure operating region. the flexible ac transmission system (facts) controllers can play an important role in the power system security enhancement. however, due to high capital investment, it is necessary to locate these controllers optimally in the power system. facts...

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...