• DocumentCode
    1562928
  • Title

    A STATCOM with supercapacitors for enhanced power system stability

  • Author

    Srithorn, Phinit ; Sumner, M. ; Yao, Liangzhong ; Parashar, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    100
  • Abstract
    STATCOMs have been widely used for voltage support over the past decade, to improve power quality and voltage stability. However STATCOMs are limited in their ability to improve the system stability margin due to their restricted capability for delivering real power. Supercapacitors are devices which can store significant amounts of energy, and are able to quickly release it. The aim of this work is to investigate how supercapacitor based energy storage technology can be used to enhance the capability of STATCOM units to maintain a high quality of distribution voltage and improve the system stability.
  • Keywords
    energy storage; power supply quality; power system stability; static VAr compensators; supercapacitors; voltage regulators; STATCOM; distribution voltage; energy storage technology; power quality; power system stability; static VAr compensators; supercapacitors; voltage stability; Energy Storage; Power System Stability; STATCOM; Supercapacitors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, 2008. PEMD 2008. 4th IET Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    York
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-86341-900-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4528807