Dynamic Reactive Compensation System for Wind Generation Hub

Author

Hassink, Paul ; Matthews, Dave ; Keefe, Rob O. ; Howell, Fred ; Arabi, Saeed ; Edwards, Chris ; Camm, Emst

Author_Institution

American Electr. Power, Tulsa, OK

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

470

Lastpage

475

Abstract

Very high penetration levels of wind generation in the McCamey area of west Texas have introduced a number of engineering and operational challenges for AEP Texas Transmission. To ensure reliable reactive compensation support to the wind power generation under steady-state conditions and during transient disturbances on the network, three dynamic reactive compensation systems (DRCS) were designed and installed in the area in 2005/2006. This paper provides a background to the need for the compensation system and describes the details of the system control methodology, and the simulation and analysis performed to verify the proper operation of the controls

Keywords

compensation; power generation control; power system transients; power transmission faults; reactive power control; wind power plants; AEP Texas Transmission; DRCS; McCamey; dynamic reactive compensation; power system control; steady-state conditions; transient disturbances; wind generation; Control systems; Power generation; Power system dynamics; Power system stability; Production systems; Propagation losses; Reactive power; Reactive power control; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2006. PSCE '06. 2006 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0177-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0178-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2006.296357

Filename

4075796