Date of Award
Summer 8-2014
Degree Type
Thesis-Restricted
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Electrical Engineering
Department
Electrical Engineering
Major Professor
Dr. Parviz Rastgoufard
Second Advisor
Dr. Ittiphong Leevongwat
Third Advisor
Dr. George Ioup
Abstract
It is specifically important to focus on voltage stability analysis of the power system to avoid worst case scenarios such as voltage collapse. The purpose of this thesis is to identify methods for enhancing the steady-state voltage stability using FACTS devices and determining their impact on real and reactive power losses, improvement of bus voltage magnitude, and transmission line loadability. To achieve this, FACTS devices such as Static VAR Compensator (SVC), Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), and Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) are used in the test system as three separate test cases. The results obtained assist in drawing conclusions on the effectiveness of each FACTS devices at generator, load and swing buses, on lines between two load buses, and between a load bus and a generator bus, in terms of metrics such as voltage magnitude profile, PV curves, and active and reactive power losses.
Recommended Citation
Lakkireddy, Jahnavi, "Steady State Voltage Stability Enhancement Using Shunt and Series FACTS Devices" (2014). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1881.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1881
Rights
The University of New Orleans and its agents retain the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible this dissertation or thesis in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. The author retains all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis or dissertation.