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Understanding FACTS : concepts and technology of flexible AC transmission systems /

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"The Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) -- a new technology based on power electronics -- offers an opportunity to enhance controllability, stability, and power transfer capability of AC transmission systems. Pioneers in FACTS and leading world experts in power electronics applications Nar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hingorani, Narain G.
Other Authors: Gyugyi, Laszlo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : IEEE Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Flexible AC transmission systems.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Facts concept and general system considerations
  • Power semiconductor devices
  • Voltage-sourced converters
  • elf-and line-commutated current-sourced converters
  • Static shunt compensators: SVC and STATCOM
  • Static series compensators: GCSC, TSSC, TCSC, and SSSC
  • Static voltage and phase angle regulators: TCVR and TCPAR
  • Combined compensators: unified power flow controller (UPFC) and interline power flow controller (IOFC)
  • Special purpose facts controllers: NGH-SSR damping scheme and thyristor-controlled braking resistor
  • Application examples.