What is Voltage Swells

With the advancement of technology, the dependency on the electrical energy has been increased greatly. Computer and telecommunication networks, railway network banking, post offices, and life support systems are a few applications that cannot function without electricity. At the same time, these applications demand qualitative energy. However, the quality of power supplied is affected by various internal and external factors of the power system. Harmonics, voltage, and frequency variations deteriorate the performance of the system. Voltage sag/dip is the most frequent problem and there are many methods to overcome this problem. The use of FACT devices is an efficient one. This chapter discusses an overview of the FACT device known as dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) in mitigating voltage sag. The strategy to control this device is also presented. The proposed control strategies are simulated in MATLAB SIMULINK environment and analyzed. The method is utilized and discussed briefly.