Control reconfiguration of VSC based STATCOM for De-icer application

Author

Bhattacharya, Surya ; Xi, Zhiyu ; Fardanesh, Bruce ; Uzunovic, E.

Author_Institution

Semicond. Power Electron. Center, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

20-24 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Icing of power transmission lines during winter storms can cause serious power outages. There are some viable methods to solve this problem. Ice on power transmission lines can be melted effectively by passing dc currents through the transmission conductors. STATCOM equipment can provide a novel, cost-effective solution, by connecting via its dc terminals to a source or sink of electric power. In a conventional application, STATCOM can be used to provide fast reactive power for voltage support and power oscillation damping. The same equipment, with a simple control reconfiguration, by changing Iq reference under Iq regulation, giving fixed angle for angle control to keep charging DC capacitors and changing DC voltage according the demanded DC current through transmission conductors, can perform the ice melting function when it is needed. Simulation results for a 48-pulse VSC based ±150 MVA STATCOM validate the control reconfiguration of VSC based STATCOM for De-icer application.

Keywords

power convertors; power overhead lines; power transmission control; static VAr compensators; VSC based STATCOM; angle control; control reconfiguration; de-icer application; electric power; ice melting function; power oscillation damping; power transmission lines icing; synchronous static compensator; voltage source converter; Automatic voltage control; Converters; Ice; Power conversion; Power systems; Power transmission lines; Voltage control; Angle control; De-icer; Synchronous Static Compensator (STATCOM); Voltage Source Converter (VSC);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1905-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2008.4596930

Filename

4596930