Live support chatFlexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS), Volume II
In Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS), Volume II, you'll learn ...
- Various types of FACTS controllers based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology
- Advantages and drawbacks of FACTS controllers based on VSC relative to the variable impedance type
- Characteristics, operating principles, and applications for the following FACTS devices: STATCOM, Distribution STATCOM, TCSC, SSSC, and UPFC
Overview
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Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 51 pages
This course covers Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System (FACTS) devices, which can be employed to improve stability and increase the load-carrying capacity of a high-voltage electric system.
There are many types of FACTS devices, and several devices are discussed in this series. This course is volume II of a two-volume series.
The first volume is this series provided a basic description of power flow and voltage supply concepts and outlined the types of FACTS devices.
Volume II, which builds on the basics of Volume I, describes the following FACTS devices:
Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), Distribution STATCOM, Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC), Series Static Synchronous Compensator (SSSC), and Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC).
The devices in Volume II focus on voltage source converter (VSC) technology.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- How a STATCOM works
- How DSTATCOMs are used
- The application of SSSC’s
- The operating characteristics of an SSSC
- The applications for TCSC devices
- The benefits of UPFCs
- The cost differences among the FACTS devices
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 51 pages
