Comparative study of STATCOM and SVC for wind farm performance enhancement application

Author

El-Bahrawy, K.M. ; Mohamed, E.A. ; Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed ; El-Sharkawy, M.A.

Author_Institution

ABB Power Syst. & Autom. Technol., Egypt

fYear

2012

fDate

9-13 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

11

Abstract

The connection of large wind farms to the electrical network is a challenge for transmission system operators and for wind farm developers. Main intention of the grid connection is that the wind farm and the electrical network operate in a safe and reliable manner during steady state as well as during fault conditions. This paper, describes how active-stall, fixed-speed wind farms affect grid voltages and how faults in the connected transmission system impacts on these wind farms. Additionally, the effect of FACTS (STATCOM and SVC) on fixed-speed wind farm performance is investigated.

Keywords

flexible AC transmission systems; power grids; power transmission faults; static VAr compensators; wind power plants; FACTS; STATCOM; SVC; active-stall fixed-speed wind farms; connected transmission system; electrical network; fault conditions; fixed-speed wind farm performance; grid connection; grid voltages; large wind farms connection; steady state; transmission system operators; wind farm developers; wind farm performance enhancement; Grid Code Requirements (GCR); STATCOM; SVC; Wind farm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Conference and Exposition in Africa (PowerAfrica), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Johannesburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2548-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PowerAfrica.2012.6498614

Filename

6498614