BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260716T133609Z UID:95BF7B91-1899-40E9-A9E0-536377A7E5AC DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T190000 DESCRIPTION:The use of electricity is increasing rapidly due to the fast ad option of mega-sized data centers\, electric vehicles\, etc. To combat the greenhouse effect\, the generation of renewable energy is also skyrocketi ng. However\, the other important piece of the puzzle is to transport elec tricity from where it is generated to where it is used in load centers in the most reliable\, efficient and affordable way. The power industry’s p ressing need to transfer bulk power along a desired path may be met by bui lding new transmission lines\, which is a long and costly process. Alterna tively\, it may be quicker and cheaper to identify the underutilized trans mission lines and harness their dormant capacity to increase the power flo ws to the lines’ thermal limits by using a properly-designed power flow controller. Also\, the grid congestion can be mitigated by holding the pow er flow in a line at its design limit\, instead of tripping the line and p ossibly initiating a cascaded failure of the grid as it happened in 2003. The presentation will cover basic principles of power flow control theory\ , an overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers\, their mer its and demerits\, and future trends.\n\nThe presentation will be of parti cular interest to all utility power engineering professionals\, academicia ns and researchers. The audience will hear from an expert who actually des igned and commissioned a number of power electronics-based FACTS controlle rs since its inception in the 1990s.\n\nSpeaker(s): Kalyan Sen\, \n\nVirtu al: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556803 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556803 ORGANIZER:jack.burbank@ieee.org SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:Opportunities and Challenges in Power Flow Control in a Modern Grid URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556803 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justi fy\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text 1\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">The use of electricity is increasing rap idly due to the fast adoption of mega-sized data centers\, electric vehicl es\, etc. To combat the greenhouse effect\, the generation of renewable en ergy is also skyrocketing. However\, the other important piece of the puzz le is to transport electricity from where it is generated to where it is u sed in load centers in the most reliable\, efficient and affordable way. < /span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text 1\;">The power industry&rsquo\;s pressing need to transfer bulk power alon g a desired path may be met by building new transmission lines\, which is a long and costly process. Alternatively\, it may be quicker and cheaper t o identify the underutilized transmission lines and harness their dormant capacity to increase the power flows to the lines&rsquo\; thermal limits b y using a properly-designed power flow controller. Also\, the grid congest ion can be mitigated by holding the power flow in a line at its design lim it\, instead of tripping the line and possibly initiating a cascaded failu re of the grid as it happened in 2003. The presentation will cover basic p rinciples of power flow control theory\, an overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers\, their merits and demerits\, and future trend s.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\;"><span st yle="font-size: 12.0pt\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text1\;">The prese ntation will be of particular interest to all utility power engineering pr ofessionals\, academicians and researchers. The audience will hear from an expert who actually designed and commissioned a number of power electroni cs-based FACTS controllers since its inception in the 1990s.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR