Title :
Application of STATCOM controllers for power quality improvement - modeling and simulation
Author :
Mienski, Romyslaw ; Pawelek, Ryszard ; Wasiak, Irena
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Power Eng., Tech. Univ. Lodz, Poland
Abstract :
The paper deals with compensation of frequently time-varying loads by means of STATCOM controllers. As a varying load an arc furnace is considered. The 12-pulse STATCOM system was used for compensation to ensure good power quality in the point of common coupling. For analysis of the system performance the PSCAD/EMTPDC programme was applied. Models of the load and STATCOM controller useful for simulation are discussed. A PSCAD model of measurement blocks is also proposed for power quality assessment. Some results of simulation are presented in the paper, which show the effectiveness of compensation.
Keywords :
EMTP; arc furnaces; power supply quality; power system simulation; static VAr compensators; PSCAD/EMTPDC programme; STATCOM controllers; arc furnace; common coupling point; modeling; power quality; simulation software; time-varying load compensation; Automatic voltage control; Capacitors; Inductors; PSCAD; Power generation economics; Power quality; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors; Voltage fluctuations;
Conference_Titel :
Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2002. 10th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7671-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICHQP.2002.1221507
