Development of facts laboratory

A hardware setup of multiple Flexible AC Transmission systems (FACTS) devices in a Power Systems Laboratory will help to understand the dynamic performance of these devices and can provide a platform to test, implement and compare new control algorithms. This paper describes the development of FACTS Laboratory setup in COEP which can demonstrate the working of different FACTS devices like Static Compensator (STATCOM), Static Series Compensator (SSSC) and the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) under different dynamic conditions. The development of various components of the FACTS laboratory model is also discussed. In this study, the authors have investigated and analyzed the effect of the system for a step change of DC voltage for STATCOM. In order to illustrate the effectiveness of the control algorithm, simulation and experimental studies have been conducted using the MATLAB/SIMULINK and dSPACE DS1104 data acquisition board. The results of the study show a close agreement between simulation and experimentation.