A comprehensive approach to the design of UPFC controllers (power-flow controller, DC-voltage regulator and damping controller) is presented. Studies reveal that damping is adversely affected by the incorporation of a DC-voltage regulator. Investigations were carried out to understand the relative effectiveness of modulation of thc UPFC control signals inR, SB, niE and <5£ on damping of the sys...

FACTS devices can help the damping of power system oscillations. The objective of this paper is to design and propose a systematic approach for damping controller to validate results by comparing with lab prototype. This paper presents a control scheme, comprehensive analysis and result obtained for the dynamic control of power transmission, damping of oscillations with Unified Power Flow Contr...

this paper presents a new component within the flexible ac-transmission system (FACTS) family, called distributed power-flow controller (DPFC). The DPFC is derived from the uni-fied power-flow controller (UPFC). The DPFC can be considered as a UPFC with an eliminated common dc link. The active power ex-change between the shunt and series converters, which is through the common dc link in the UP...

This study presents a finding an optimal location and best parameter setting of Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) by Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm (BFOA) for minimizing the active and reactive power loss in power system. The UPFC is one of the important Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System (FACTS) device that control simultaneously voltage magnitude at the sending end...

Transmission pricing is an important issue in view of increased deregulation. Purpose of pricing is to recover cost of transmission encourage efficient use and investment. Wheeling charges for power transmission can be reduced by FACTS devices as they are effective means of controlling the power flow in the network. The unified power flow controller (UPFC) integrates properties of both shunt an...

In this article is proposed a Centralized Sliding Mode Control (CSMC) applied to a UPFC device for controlling power flow and enhancing power system stability. First, we establish a state-space dynamic model of UPFC based on Kirchhoff’s equations and (d-q) transformation. This model includes the two voltage source inverters and the DC bus voltage link. Furthermore, in order to cancel the effect...

This paper presents a particle swarmoptimization (PSO) based algorithm to perform congestionmanagement by properplacement and sizing of one unified power flow controller (UPFC). The proposed approach makes use of the PSOalgorithm to allocate the near-optimal GenCos as well as the optimal location and size of UPFC whereas the Newton–Raphson solution minimizes the mismatch of the power flow equat...

The growth in the demand of electrical energy is leading to load on the Power system which increases the occurrence of frequent oscillations in the system. The reason for the oscillations is due to the lack of damping torque which is required to dominate the disturbances of Power system. By using FACT devices, such as Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) can control power flow, reduce sub-synch...

Long distance AC transmission is often subject to stability problems , which limits the transmission capability.Large interconnected power systems often suffer from weakly damped swings between synchronous generators and subsystems.This paper presents two methods , based on the use of nonlinear system model , to improve transient stability and damping of power swings using UPFC. A statevariable...

This paper proposes a sensitivity based technique for optimal placement of Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) to enhance voltage stability margin under contingencies. The sensitivity of system loading factor with respect to the reactive power flowing through lines computed for the system intact case and critical contingency cases have been used to decide optimal location for the placement of ...