Electrical Engineer's Reference Book, 16th Edition

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Reactive Power Plant and FACTS Controllers

A Gavrilovi, OBE,     Formerly of ALSTOM T&D Ltd, Power Electronic Systems

WP Williams, BSc, CEng, FIEE, SMIEE,     Formerly of ALSTOM T&D Ltd. Power Electronic Systems

HL Thanawala, PhD, BE(Elect), BE(Mech),     Formerly of ALSTOM T&D Ltd, Power Electronic Systems

DJ Young, BA,     ALSTOM T&D Ltd. Power Electronic Systems

Contents

Introduction 41.1

Basic concepts 41.2

Characteristics of system components 41.2.1

Variations of voltage with load 41.3

The flow of power and vars 41.3.1

Voltage instability 41.3.2

Var balancing for steady state conditions 41.3.3

Power transmission over long ...