Title of article :
Power Quality Improvement of Power Grid Containing Wind Farm using STATCOM
Author/Authors :
Amirkhan, Salman Department of Electrical Engineering - Islamic Azad University Aliabad Katoul Branch, Aliabad Katoul , Pourvali Souraki, Hassan MAPNA Operation and Maintenance Co. (O&M), Tehran , Radmehr, Masoud Department of Electrical Engineering - Islamic Azad University Aliabad Katoul Branch, Aliabad Katoul , khormali, Shahab Department of International Research Projects (ERAdiate+) - University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
Abstract :
Wind energy is one of the extra ordinary sources of renewable energy due to its clean
character and free availability. We used a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) to supply
the reactive power and voltage support to a wind farm equipped with Induction Generators(IGs)
and power system during grid faults. Also, the STATCOM is used in steady state to supply reactive
power in power system. Simulation results show that the wind turbine bus voltage is quickly
reestablished shortly after the fault has been cleared, and therefore, the wind turbine remains in
service during the presence of STATCOM. The results prove the effectiveness of the proposed
STATCOM controller in terms of fast damping the power system oscillations and restoring the
power system stability. The choice of this study is justified by simulation in MATLAB.
Keywords :
Wind farm , Reactive power , STATCOM , Asynchronous generator
Journal title :
Journal of Applied Dynamic Systems and Control
