Dynamic VAR compensation provides capacity and stability on 138 KV transmission network near Dallas metro area

Author

Reece, E. ; Craig, Tara ; Hannah, A.

Author_Institution

Rayburn Country Electr. Cooperative, Rockwall, TX

fYear

2008

fDate

27-29 April 2008

Abstract

This paper will share the operating experiences of the application of dynamic VAR compensation at two locations on a 135 mile transmission loop providing transmission delivery service to eight distribution substations on a 138 KV transmission loop serving growing loads east of Dallas, Texas. The area had previously experienced voltage stability problems on the G&T transmission network. The paper will further summarize the benefits of investigating and applying dynamic VAR compensators for transmission systems as an alternative to adding transmission sources when VAR loading and transmission stability issues are encountered.

Keywords

power system stability; static VAr compensators; transmission networks; Dallas metro area; G&T transmission network; distribution substations; dynamic VAR compensation; transmission delivery service; transmission network; transmission stability; voltage 138 kV; voltage stability problems; Costs; Power generation economics; Power system dynamics; Power system economics; Power system transients; Power transmission lines; Reactive power; Stability; Static VAr compensators; Voltage; Dynamic VAR compensation; static VAR compensators; static synchronous VAR compensators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rural Electric Power Conference, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2147-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2148-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REPCON.2008.4520141

Filename

4520141