Power flow control and loss minimization with unified power flow controller (UPFC)

Author

Farhangfar, Alireza ; Sajjadi, S. Javad ; Afsharnia, Saeed

Author_Institution

Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

385

Abstract

In this paper, the UPFC injection model is used to investigate its effect on load flow and loss reduction in power systems. In this study, the Newton-Raphson algorithm is modified to consider the benefits of having a UPFC in the power system. Simulations have been implemented in MATLAB and the IEEE 14-bus system has been used as a case study. Simulations investigate the effect of injecting a series voltage with various magnitude and phase characteristics on the power flow of the system. It also considers the effect of the parallel branch on the voltage of the related bus. Finally, the optimum place for installing a UPFC, in order to have minimum loss in the system, is suggested based on the simulation results and the structure of the power system.

Keywords

AC-AC power convertors; Newton-Raphson method; flexible AC transmission systems; load flow control; power system simulation; power transmission control; FACTS devices; IEEE 14-bus system; Newton-Raphson algorithm; UPFC injection model; bus voltage parallel branch effects; flexible AC transmission systems; load flow; power flow control; power loss minimization; series converters; series voltage injection; shunt converters; unified power flow controller; voltage-source converters; Automatic voltage control; Circuits; Equations; Flexible AC transmission systems; Java; Load flow; Load flow control; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004. Canadian Conference on

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8253-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2004.1345036

Filename

1345036