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Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) Device Overview with Efficiency

Dr.B.GopinathProfessor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vivekanandha College of Engineering Women [Autonomous], Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, IndiaP.MadhumathiM.E Scholar, Vivekanandha College of Engineering Women [Autonomous], Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, IndiaK.ThamaraiselviM.E Scholar, Vivekanandha College of Engineering Women [Autonomous], Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India

Vol 3 No 4 (2019): Volume 3, Issue 4, April 2019 | Pages: 5-9

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 02-04-2019

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Abstract

During the past few years scientists and researchers have presented the different types of Flexible AC Transmission (FACTS) devices. Researchers have successfully cleared the several problems in real life, industrial and other marketing problems in the world with the help of different FACTS devices. In the paper the review of different types of FACTS device have been presented. 

Keywords

Facts devices, flexibility, controllability, reliability


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Dr.B.Gopinath, P.Madhumathi, K.Thamaraiselvi,“Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) Device Overview with Efficiency” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology (IRJIET), Volume 3, Issue 4, pp 5-9, April 2019.

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