International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research (IJEEER) ISSN 2250-155X Vol.2, Issue 3 Sep 2012 121- 138 Š TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.,
AVAILABLE TRANSFER CAPABILITY COMPUTATIONS IN DEREGULATED POWER SYSTEM WITH THE OPTIMAL LOCATION OF UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER 1
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P. GOPI KRISHNA & 2 T. GOWRI MANOHAR
Associate Professor, Department of EEE, Jagan’s College of Engineering & Technology, Nellore, India 2
Associate Professor , Department of EEE, S. V. University College of Engineering, Tirupathi, India
ABSTRACT This paper proposes a usage of Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) in the computations of Available Transfer capability (ATC) in the deregulated environment. The computation of ATC at different buses plays a significant role on day to day operation and maintenance of any deregulated power system and it has been a continuous task for the engineers at various load dispatch centers. In this paper, four case scenarios were presented in order to identify the effect of UPFC on ATC, at all buses of IEEE 9-bus test system. The results with and without UPFC, and with and without contingencies were obtained using repeated power flow. The optimal location of UPFC is identified based on power losses at various buses and the corresponding ATC values. The detailed analyses of results using proposed test system shows a way to the power engineer for knowing better ATC values and as well as optimal location of UPFC. In this way the results in the paper are the advancement in engineering research apart from the existing methods of usage of conventional methods in the planning of power system.
KEYWORDS : Available Transfer Capability, Repeated Power Flow, UPFC, FACTS, Deregulated Power System etc.,
INTRODUCTION All over world the economical growth and enhancement of the technological achievements initiates the electrical power system continuously expanding its size and enhancing its complexity in many aspects. Therefore the governments have been changing their rules and regulations by allowing the private sectors into the power generation, transmission and distribution called as Deregulated Power System [1]. The continuous monitoring and maintenance of security under different circumstances in the deregulated power system is becoming a complex task for the power system engineer in day to day operation, maintenance and planning of deregulated power system [2]. Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System (FACTS) is a technology introduced by Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the
1980s. Its principle role is to increase the
transmission capacity of the ac lines and to control power flow over designated transmission lines .FACTS technologies involve conversion and switching of power electronics in the range of a few tens