Application of Static VAR Compensation on the Southern California Edison System to Improve Transmission System Capacity and Address Voltage Stability Issues - Part 1. Planning, Design and Performance Criteria Considerations

Author

Kowalski, Janet ; Vancers, Ivars ; Reynolds, Mark ; Tyll, Heinz

Author_Institution

Southern California Edison Co., Rosemead, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

451

Lastpage

458

Abstract

This paper describes the planning, specification and design of the 500 kV static VAr system (SVS) installed on the Southern California Edison network at Devers substation. The Devers SVS includes a static VAr compensator (SVC) a form of flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) technology and a controlled mechanically-switched shunt capacitor bank. The Devers SVS project is one of several planned projects to increase power imports into the Los Angeles basin from generation sources east of the Colorado River (EOR). A follow-up paper is planned which will present the construction and final commissioning of the Devers SVS at project completion expected in September 2006

Keywords

flexible AC transmission systems; power capacitors; power system stability; power transmission planning; static VAr compensators; substations; 500 kV; Colorado River; Devers substation; FACTS; Los Angeles; SVS; Southern California Edison system; commissioning; flexible alternating current transmission system; mechanically-switched shunt capacitor bank; planning; static VAr compensation; voltage stability; Capacitors; Control systems; Flexible AC transmission systems; Power generation; Reactive power; Rivers; Stability; Static VAr compensators; Substations; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2006. PSCE '06. 2006 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0177-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0178-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2006.296354

Filename

4075793