Application of STATCOM for power quality improvement

Author

Teleke, Sercan ; Yazdani, Atousa ; Gudimetla, Bhavya ; Enslin, Johan ; Castaneda, Juan

Author_Institution

Quanta Technol., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

20-23 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The application of a STATCOM can help to alleviate some of the power quality issues encountered within a refinery consisting of large induction machine loads. The intent of this paper is to demonstrate the improvements obtained with STATCOM for this purpose and also to evaluate economical benefits obtained with it. First, the paper identifies the power quality and other issues around the refinery in the Southern California Edison system. Computer simulations show that the application of a STATCOM can help the big motor load to survive under the most severe contingencies occurring in the area. The analysis also demonstrates that the STATCOM with appropriate controller can be very effective in harmonic reduction.

Keywords

asynchronous machines; static VAr compensators; STATCOM; Southern California Edison system; harmonic reduction; induction machine load; power quality improvement; Automatic voltage control; Harmonic analysis; Power harmonic filters; Reactive power; Voltage fluctuations; STATCOM; harmonic compensation; induction machine; vector control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE), 2011 IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-789-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-787-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772500

Filename

5772500