Thyristor-Based FACTS Controllers for Electrical Transmission Systems

Title: Thyristor-Based FACTS Controllers for Electrical Transmission Systems
Author: R. Mohan Mathur, Rajiv K. Varma
ISBN: 0471206431 / 9780471206439
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 495
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2002
Availability: 45-60 days

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An important new resource for the international utility market
Over the past two decades, static reactive power compensators have evolved into a mature technology and become an integral part of modern electrical power systems. They are one of the key devices in flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS). Coordination of static compensators with other controllable FACTS devices promises not only tremendously enhanced power system controllability, but also the extension of power transfer capability of existing transmission corridors to near their thermal capacities, thus delaying or even curtailing the need to invest in new transmission facilities.
Offering both an in-depth presentation of theoretical concepts and practical applications pertaining to these power compensators, Thyristor-Based FACTS Controllers for Electrical Transmission Systems fills the need for an appropriate text on this emerging technology. Replete with examples and case studies on control design and performance, the book provides an important resource for both students and engineers working in the field.

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Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Reactor-Power Control in Electrical Power Transmission Systems
Chapter 3 : Principles of Conventional Reactive-Power Compensators
Chapter 4 : SVC Control Components and Models
Chapter 5 : Conceepts of SVC Voltage Control
Chapter 6 : Applications
Chapter 7 : The Thyristor-Controlled SeriesCapacitor (TCSC)
Chapter 8 : TCSC Applications
Chapter 9 : Coordination of FACTS Controllers
Chapter 10 : Emerging FACTS Controllers

Appendix A : Design of an SVC Voltage Regulator
Appendix B : Transient-Stability Enhancement in a Midpoint SVC-Compensated SMIB System
Appendix C : Approximate Multimodal decomposition Method for the Design of FACTS Controllers
Appendix D : FACTS Terms and Definitions
Index