Wide Area Control of Power System Using FACTS Device

Advent of phasor measurement unit (PMU) technology has resulted in efficient wide area monitoring of power system which was previously done through state estimators at relatively slow rate. As status of power system changes dynamically, PMU devices provide reliable data synchronized with time. FACTS devices along with PMUs and phasor data concentrator (PDC) can be an efficient tool for real-time monitoring and control of power system. This paper provides a technique to study the localized control and wide area control of power system through a FACTS device. IEEE-14 bus system has been considered for analysis of the control process. First, optimal location and number of PMU is determined through network topology features analysis, and then, localized control and wide area control are simulated in MATLAB software.