The bootstrap variable inductance: a new FACTS control element

Author

Bina, Mohammad Tavakoli ; Hamill, David C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

619

Abstract

A new FACTS controller, the bootstrap variable inductance, can emulate variable positive and negative inductance. Unlike the conventional capacitive approach for reducing inductive reactance in AC power systems, it has the advantage that resonance is impossible. The bootstrap variable inductance has a variety of FACTS applications: series compensation of lines, fault-current limiting, reactive-power control and load power-factor improvement. The analyze its operation with particular attention to harmonics, and confirm the results through simulations

Keywords

compensation; fault current limiters; flexible AC transmission systems; inductance; power factor correction; power transmission control; reactive power control; AC power systems; FACTS control element; bootstrap variable inductance; fault current limiting; line series compensation; load power factor improvement; negative inductance; positive inductance; reactive power control; Capacitance; Electric variables control; Equations; Frequency; Inductance; Power system harmonics; Power system simulation; Power system stability; Resonance; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1999. PESC 99. 30th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5421-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1999.785573

Filename

785573