STATCOM application at VELCO Essex substation

Author

Reed, Gregory ; Paserba, John ; Croasdaile, Terrence ; Takeda, Masatoshi ; Morishima, Naoki ; Hamasaki, Yoshi ; Thomas, Laurie ; Allard, William

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Electr. Power Products Inc., Warrendale, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1133

Abstract

On May 1st, 2001, the Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc., (VELCO) placed a +133/41 MVA, 115 kV STATCOM system on-line at the Essex Substation located near Burlington, VT, USA. The STATCOM, a flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) technology, was installed to provide dynamic voltage support and reactive compensation on the VELCO transmission system. The installation was part of a major transmission system project that also involved the reconfiguration of the Essex 115 kV Substation. This paper provides an overview of the VELCO Essex Substation STATCOM system project, and includes discussion on the power system requirements associated with the application, as well as a description of the STATCOM system design and layout

Keywords

flexible AC transmission systems; power transmission control; project engineering; reactive power control; static VAr compensators; substations; thyristor convertors; voltage control; 115 kV; 133 to 41 MVA; FACTS; STATCOM Application; USA; dynamic voltage support; flexible AC transmission system technology; gate turn-off thyristors; power electronics equipment; projects; reactive compensation; static synchronous compensator; substation; transmission system reconfiguration; Automatic voltage control; Capacitors; Flexible AC transmission systems; Power electronics; Power system dynamics; Power system reliability; Power system security; Substations; Switches; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2001 IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7285-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2001.971417

Filename

971417