Reactive power improvement in wind park system using FACTS

Author

Kadam, D.P. ; Kushare, B.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., K.K. Wagh Inst. of Eng. Educ. & Res., Nashik, India

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 Feb. 2013

Firstpage

366

Lastpage

370

Abstract

Large number of wind turbines are being installed and connected to power systems. In some of the countries the penetration of wind power is significant high so as to affect the power quality, system operation and control and power system stability. In this paper an attempt is made to predict the reactive power burden of the wind farm based on conventional fixed speed induction generator during wind variation and fault condition. PSCAD based large scale wind farm model is developed where STATCOM is introduced as an active voltage and reactive power supporter to increase the power system stability. STATCOM unit injects reactive power to mitigate power quality problems and to get stable grid operation.

Keywords

flexible AC transmission systems; power supply quality; power system stability; reactive power; static VAr compensators; wind power plants; wind turbines; FACTS; PSCAD-based large-scale wind farm model; STATCOM unit; active voltage; conventional fixed speed induction generator; fault condition; power quality problem mitigation; power system stability; reactive power; reactive power improvement; reactive power prediction; system operation; wind park system; wind power penetration; wind turbines; Automatic voltage control; Induction generators; Power system stability; Reactive power; Voltage fluctuations; Wind farms; Wind turbines; PSCAD; Squirrel Cage Induction Generator (SCIG); Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM); Wind Turbine Generator (WTG);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power, Energy and Control (ICPEC), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sri Rangalatchum Dindigul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6027-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPEC.2013.6527683

Filename

6527683