DocumentCode
3458555
Title
STATCOM for flicker suppression from a steel plant connected to a weak 66 kV grid
Author
Grünbaum, R. ; Gustafsson, T. ; Hasler, J.P. ; Osada, M. ; Rasmussen, J. ; Thorburn, K.
Author_Institution
FACTS, ABB AB, Vasteras, Sweden
fYear
2010
fDate
21-24 June 2010
Firstpage
1773
Lastpage
1779
Abstract
The paper outlines the installation of a STATCOM for suppression of flicker generated by an electric arc furnace in a steel plant connected to a weak feeding grid. Salient design features of the STATCOM are given, and performance results from field measurements are presented and discussed.
Keywords
arc furnaces; industrial plants; power grids; reactive power; static VAr compensators; steel; STATCOM; electric arc furnace; field measurements; flicker suppression; reactive power compensation; steel plant; voltage 66 kV; weak feeding grid; Active filters; Automatic voltage control; Furnaces; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Pulse width modulation; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; Steel; Voltage fluctuations; EAF; STATCOM; flicker; reactive power compensation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), 2010 International
Conference_Location
Sapporo
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5394-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPEC.2010.5543209
Filename
5543209
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