IEEE Student Chapter of SJEC in association with Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department organized a technical talk on Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) on 30 th March 2016 for the students of M.Tech in Power Electronics and Pre-final year BE students. Dr Nagesh Prabhu, HOD, EEE Department at NMAMIT-Nitte was the resource person. Dr Prabhu started off his interactive session by presenting the current power scenario in India. He stated that as per Feb 2016 statistics, despite installed generation of 288 GW, India continues to be power deficit. The major reasons for this kind of situations are generation outages, inadequate transmission capacity, mismatch in generation capacity and load requirements. To prevent under-utilization of AC transmission network and to improve the power flow, FACTS controllers are the best solution. Dr Prabhu touched upon different types of FACTS controllers and their benefits. In his concluding message he stated that FACTS controllers will revolutionize electrical power transmission systems making them more reliable, optimally utilized and better controlled. A total of 57 EEE pre-final year students participated in the programme Mr Deepesh K. compeered the programme.
Coordinators: Dr Sheryl Grace Colaco, Professor, EEE Dept., Co-coordinator: Ms Denita D’Souza & Mr Subramanya, Assistant Professor, EEE Department.
