Improvement of power flow and voltage stability using unified power flow controller

Abstract

In this paper we are discussing about a FACTS device named as UPFC (unified power flow controller). Its special features are to control active and reactive power course in a transmission line and to adjust the voltage at the bus at which it is situated. This device gives great quality flow on power system stability; these features even more considerable and perceptive that the unified power flow controller can be apply to the transmission line with in their limits and enhancing the power to flow through the preferred path. So this device gives unique control on the power flow and voltage stability. In this paper the working of UPFC is in the field of control flow of power in transmission-line. This research regarding the 6-bus power system to control the active and reactive power in the course of transmission line by keeping this controller at the sending end by simulation tools. When there is no FACTs device (UPFC) the active power, reactive power and voltage through the transmission line cannot be controlled. The circuit model for UPFC is developed using rectifier and inverter circuits. In this thesis, the power system simulation models are made on MATLAB version 7.13. By making the power system simulation model, we are getting result without and with using UPFC and after that these results are compared in form of real and reactive power in the transmission line. On the basis of simulation results and to analyze the performance of UPFC, we can conclude that UPFC is ideal controller for performing such parameters.