Understanding FACTS
Subtitle: concepts and technology of flexible AC transmission systems
By: Narain G. Hingorani, Laslo Gyugyi ; Mohamed E. El-Hawary, consulting editor
Contributors: Gyugyi, Laszlo; IEEE Xplore (Online service)
Publisher: IEEE Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780470546802
Subjects: Sistemas de potencia; Flexible AC transmission systems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Facts concept and general system considerations --; title: Power semiconductor devices --; title: Voltage-sourced converters --; title: elf-and line-commutated current-sourced converters --; title: Static shunt compensators: SVC and STATCOM --; title: Static series compensators: GCSC, TSSC, TCSC, and SSSC --; title: Static voltage and phase angle regulators: TCVR and TCPAR --; title: Combined compensators: unified power flow controller (UPFC) and interline power flow controller (IOFC) --; title: Special purpose facts controllers: NGH-SSR damping scheme and thyristor-controlled braking resistor --; title: Application examples.