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Title Flexible AC Transmission Systems : FACTS / edited by Bjarne R. Andersen, Stig L. Nilsson
Published Cham : Springer, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series CIGRE Green Books,
CIGRE Green Books
Contents Introduction to Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) Controllers: A Chronology -- AC System Characteristics -- AC Network Control Using Conventional Means -- AC Network Control Using FACTS Controllers (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) -- Power Electronic Topologies for FACTS -- Technical Description of Static Var Compensators (SVC) -- Technical Description of Static Compensators (STATCOM) -- Technical Description of Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitors (TCSC) -- Technical Description of the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) and its Potential Variations -- Controllers Using the Saturation of Iron for AC Network Control -- Development of Magnetically Controlled Shunt Reactors in Russia -- Application examples of SVC -- Application examples of STATCOM -- Application Examples of the Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor -- Application examples of UPFC and its variants -- Economic Appraisal and Cost-Benefit Analysis -- FACTS Planning Studies -- Environmental Considerations For FACTS Controller Projects -- Procurement and Functional Specifications for FACTS Controllers -- FACTS Controller Integration and Design Studies -- FACTS Equipment Design and Testing -- Commissioning of FACTS Controllers -- Operation of FACTS Controllers -- Lifetime Management of FACTS Controllers
Summary This green book offers the outstanding expertise of CIGRE professionals about FACTS in one concise handbook. It provides the most comprehensive information about HVDC, Power Electronic for AC systems and Power Quality Improvement as well as Advanced Power Electronics to Professionals in Power Industry interested in Power Electronics. It covers a large range of topics such as: HVDC: economics of HVDC, applications, planning aspects, design, performance, control, protection, control and testing of converter stations, i.e., the converting equipment itself and also the equipment associated with HVDC links. Power Electronic for AC systems and Power Quality Improvement: economics, applications, planning, design, performance, control, protection, construction and testing. Advanced Power Electronics: development of new converter technologies including controls, use of new semiconductor devices, applications of these technologies in HVDC, Power Electronics for AC systems and Power Quality Improvement. Power Electronics used in other fields of the Electric Power Industry. More than 30 technical experts from industry wrote the book for electrical power system engineers, managers, planners, project developers and investors
Subject Flexible AC transmission systems.
Electric power transmission -- Alternating current.
Power electronics.
Industrial safety.
Occupational Health
occupational safety.
Flexible AC transmission systems
Electric power transmission -- Alternating current
Industrial safety
Power electronics
Quality control
Reliability
Form Electronic book
Author Andersen, Bjarne R., editor
Nilsson, Stig L., editor
ISBN 9783030353865
3030353869
9783030353872
3030353877