Advanced series compensator enhances flexibility for AC transmission systems

Author

Rent, K. ; Thumm, G. ; Weiss, Steven

Author_Institution

Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

1993

fDate

7-10 Dec 1993

Firstpage

584

Abstract

The innovative combination of conventional fixed series capacitors and thyristor-controlled reactors as a flexible AC transmission (FACTS) device commenced commercial operation in 1992. This advanced series compensation (ASC) system offers several advantages in comparison with conventional fixed series capacitors. This new technology achieves additional system flexibility by direct power flow control, continuous control of the compensation level and improved capacitor bank protection. Further advantages include control of transmission line overload conditions, and subsynchronous resonances (SSR) mitigation. Intensive transient network analyser and field tests proved the ASC behaviour predicted by digital studies

Keywords

load flow; load regulation; power capacitors; power system control; reactors (electric); resonance; static VAr compensators; thyristor applications; transient analysers; FACTS; advanced series compensator; capacitor bank protection; continuous control; digital studies; direct power flow control; field tests; flexible AC transmission; subsynchronous resonances mitigation; thyristor-controlled reactors; transient network analyser tests; transmission line overload;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management, 1993. APSCOM-93., 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

IET

Print_ISBN

0-85296-569-9

Type

conf

Filename

292657