A novel, high-frequency, per-phase static VAr compensator

Author

Mohan, Ned ; Kamath, Girish R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

8-12 Oct 1995

Firstpage

2581

Abstract

Static VAr compensators are being used to provide voltage control, VAr compensation, damping of oscillations, and improved transient stability in power systems. Conventional SVCs which consist of thyristor-switched capacitors and thyristor controlled inductors suffer from disadvantages of size and slow dynamic response. This makes it unsuitable for applications such as controlling the voltage flicker due to arc furnace loads. Advanced SVCs (STATCON or STATCOM) eliminate the above disadvantages. However they have a disadvantage due to the presence of a large line-frequency transformer. In this paper, a novel, high-frequency, per-phase static VAr compensator is proposed which has all the advantages of the advanced SVC. Various related topologies and control strategies are also enumerated and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed

Keywords

power system control; power system stability; power system transients; reactive power control; static VAr compensators; voltage control; HF per-phase static VAr compensator; STATCOM; STATCON; VAr compensation; applications; arc furnace loads; dynamic response; oscillations damping; power systems; transient stability; voltage control; voltage flicker; Capacitors; Damping; Power system control; Power system dynamics; Power system stability; Power system transients; Power systems; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1995. Thirtieth IAS Annual Meeting, IAS '95., Conference Record of the 1995 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3008-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1995.530631

Filename

530631