Abstract:
The main goal in the power system is to transmit the power in a more economical way with high
power quality and power factor, having a smaller possibility of system collapse or failure.
Operation of power system network is going complex day by day and insecure with higher
power flows without adequate control. Renewable energy when connected to the power grid can
invite a lot of new problems and challenges. The output power of the wind generator is greatly
affected by the variable nature of the wind speed which can cause power quality issues while
integrating it to the grid network. The massive growth of interconnected power systems due to
increasing demand for electrical energy has given rise to numerous challenges. These problems
include power swings, oscillations, sudden change in the load, loss of synchronism, blackouts,
system faults that occur due to dynamics in long transmission lines of interconnected systems
and long distance between load and generation points Those phenomenon causes power system
problems of transient instability and has resulted power system collapse in many countries
including Ethiopia. The research is inspired by the need of automating power system transient
stability control by outlining the distinguishing features of the four FACTS devices for Transient
Stability Enhancement by determining appropriate locations and sizes of the FACTS devices and
their compensation properties. In these circumstances, Flexible Alternating Current Transmission
System (FACTS) controllers such as IPFC, SSSC, STATCOM and UPFC have been improved
transient stability thus enhance overall system stability during disturbances. Alongside the
property of fast control of active and reactive power in power system, SSSC, STATCOM, IPFC
and UPFC devices also play an additional role in transient stability enhancement as well as in
damped power system oscillations and therefore play vital in system stability control. This
research focuses on the specific, comparative performances of introducing the four FACTS
devices in the test system have been analyzed and can be used a basis that can be generalized to
all other networks. It goes further to look at the effect of single compensation device (SSSC,
STATCOM) and double compensation devices (UPFC and IPFC) in the Transient Stability
Enhancement, loss reduction, damped power system oscillation and voltage profile support of the
combined case study of interconnection of Adama II wind farm to the modified IEEE 14-bus test
system model using MATLAB/PSAT have been analyzed and compared the effect without
FACTS device under faulty conditions. The overall test systems with individually SSSC,
STATCOM, IPFC and UPFC placement results significant transient stability enhancement and
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have been damped the system oscillations of the multimachine and reduced the oscillations
transient period.
Keywords- FACTS, MATLAB/PSAT, SSSC, STATCOM, UPFC, IPFC, Transient Stability