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KEYWORDS:
Flexible
AC
transmissionsystem(FACTS),
Thyristor
controlled series capacitors (TCSC),
STATCOM,
Unified
power
flow
controller(UPFC).
I.
INTRODUCTION
In the last two decades, power demand has
increased substantially while the expansion
of power generation and transmission has
been severely limited due to limited
resources and environmental restrictions.
As a consequence, some transmission lines
are heavily loaded andthe system stability
becomes a power transfer-limiting factor.
The development of the modern power
system has led to an increasing complexity
in the study of power systems, and also
presents new challenges to power system
stability, and in particular, to the aspects of
transient stability and small-signal
stability. Transient stability control plays a
significant role in ensuring the stable
operation of power systems in the event of
large disturbances and faults, and is thus a
significant area of research
Now, more advanced technology is used
for reliable andoperation of transmission
and
distribution
in
power
system[1].Improved utilization of the
existing power system is provided through
the application of advanced control
technologies.Power
electronics
has
developed the flexible AC transmission
system (FACTS) devices. FACTS devices
COMPARISON OF
FACTS DEVICES
A. Static Synchronous
(STATCOM)
VARIOUS
Compensator
B.Thyristor
Controlled
Compensators (TCSC)
Series
Table
Comparison
between
STATCOM
stability YES
enhancement
Load flow control
Voltage control
Transient stability
Dynamic stability
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III.
CONCLUSION
IEEE
PowerEngineering Society, IEEE press,
Delhi 2001.