Transmission capacity enhancement of East-West Interconnectors using series-shunt compensation

Author

Alam, Md Shamsul ; Razzak, M.A. ; Hasan, Md Nazmul ; Chowdhury, A. Hasib

Author_Institution

Dept. of EEE, Int. Islamic Univ. Chittagong, Dhaka, Bangladesh

fYear

2012

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

579

Lastpage

582

Abstract

The potential benefit of installing Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices on the system for enhancing power transmission capacity is well known. Two main members of FACTS family, thyristor controlled series capacitor (TCSC) and static var compensator (SVC) have been widely studied and reported in technical literature and have been shown as effective as well as time saving alternative to building new transmission lines for enhancing power transmission capacity. This paper examines the application of series-shunt compensation by means of TCSC and SVC to enhance power transmission capacity of two East-West Interconnectors (EWIs) of Bangladesh Power System (BPS). A combined transmission capacity enhancement of 71.8% has been achieved.

Keywords

flexible AC transmission systems; power transmission lines; static VAr compensators; thyristor applications; BPS; Bangladesh power system; FACTS devices; SVC; TCSC; east-west interconnectors; flexible AC transmission system devices; power transmission capacity enhancement; series-shunt compensation; static var compensator; thyristor controlled series capacitor; transmission lines; Bifurcation; Loading; Power capacitors; Power system stability; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors; Bangladesh power system; Transmission capacity enhancement; bifurcation analysis; series-shunt compensation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical & Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2012 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1434-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECE.2012.6471616

Filename

6471616