Abstract-This paper presents in-depth review of several literatures in regarding with interaction problems and various techniques for coordinated control between PSS and FACTS controllers or FACTS to FACTS controllers in
Keywords-Coordinated Control, FACTS Devices, Interaction
I. INTRODUCTIO NToday's power grids are driven closer to their transfer capacities due to the increased consumption and power transfers, endangering the security of the system. On the other hand, FACTS devices are a powerful technology that can solve many outstanding problems in power systems. They provide the opportunity to influence power flows and voltages and therefore are able to enhance the system security, e.g. by improving the voltage profile or increasing the transfer capacity of a system without the need of new lines. FA CTS devices can be used to control power flows. Provided that they are located at optimal locations, FACTS devices can be applied to achieve the optimal power flow without any constraint violation. Therefore, they can be used to achieve power system economic operation by means of increasing the utilizat ion of the lowest cost generation. FACTS types and their locations should be chosen according to their contribu tions to the general objective of power system economic generation and dispatching [1]. It is understood that the FACTS controller will normally be equipped with higher order controllers such as power swing damping controller, Sub Synchronous Resonance (SSR) damping controller etc. Still to develop an insight, the FACTS controller is assumed to be equipped with simple PI controller only [2]. The various interactions that can potentially occur between the different FACTS controllers, as well as between FACTS and PSS's or HVDC controllers, in power system environments. The likely interactions have been classified into different frequency ranges. Inter-area oscillations with frequencies ranging from 0.1 to 1.8 Hz are common problems in large extended power systems. They are usually spontaneous; that is, they can be initiated by small d isturbances, such as changes in load that take place continually. There are several methods proposed in literature for coordination of FACTS controllers fro m voltage stability/ small signal stability viewpo int [3].Various other techniques for coordination of FACTS controllers in power system networks such as fuzzy coordination method [4], genetic algorith ms method [5] have been used for coordination of FACTS controllers in power s ystem networks. There are several interaction problems between FACTS controllers or FA CTS to PSS's fro m voltage stability/ s mall signal stability viewpoint are rev iew in literature [2].Inter-area oscillations are associated with the linear response of the system and represent natural modes of oscillation. Inter area oscillations [7] can also be associated with the nonlinear response of the system. They appear when the system is subjected to large disturbances, such as sudden and large load change or system faults. Inter-area oscillations invo...