Rotary Power Flow Controller modeling for dynamic performance evaluation

This paper presents a model suitable to performance analysis of a rotary power flow controller (RPFC), which operates in a two lines power system corridor. The RPFC consists of two transformers (one series and one shunt), and two rotary phase-shifting transformers operating in standstill. The shunt and series transformers, and the two rotary phase-shifting transformers are represented by the conventional equivalent circuit of a two winding transformer. The rotor windings of these rotary phase-shifting transformers are connected in parallel while their stator windings are in series. The resulting equipment is the rotary power flow controller which macroscopic model is proposed. The model involves a series branch consisting of an adjustable voltage source (with its internal impedance) and a shunt branch consisting of a current source. The obtained RPFC model with the regulators, implemented in SPS/Matlab, is used to show that the RPFC can maintain the power transit over the given power corridor when one of the two lines is out of service.