Introduction to FACTS Controllers / IEEE Series on Power Engineering (PDF)

Demystifies FACTS controllers, offering solutions to power
control and power flow problems

Flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS)
controllers represent one of the most important technological
advances in recent years, both enhancing controllability and
increasing power transfer capacity of electric power transmission
networks. This timely publication serves as an applications manual,
offering readers clear instructions on how to model, design, build,
evaluate, and install FACTS controllers. Authors Kalyan Sen and Mey
Ling Sen share their two decades of experience in FACTS controller
research and implementation, including their own pioneering FACTS
design breakthroughs.

Readers gain a solid foundation in all aspects of FACTS
controllers, including:

* Basic underlying theories

* Step-by-step evolution of FACTS controller development

* Guidelines for selecting the right FACTS controller

* Sample computer simulations in EMTP programming language

* Key differences in modeling such FACTS controllers as the
voltage regulating transformer, phase angle regulator, and unified
power flow controller

* Modeling techniques and control implementations for the three
basic VSC-based FACTS controllers--STATCOM, SSSC, and UPFC

In addition, the book describes a new type of FACTS controller,
the Sen Transformer, which is based on technology developed by the
authors. An appendix presents all the sample models that are
discussed in the book, and the accompanying FTP site offers many
more downloadable sample models as well as the full-color
photographs that appear throughout the book.

This book is essential reading for practitioners and students of
power engineering around the world, offering viable solutions to
the increasing problems of grid congestion and power flow
limitations in electric power transmission systems.