• DocumentCode
    943902
  • Title

    Shunt compensation for power quality improvement using a STATCOM controller: modelling and simulation

  • Author

    Mienski, R. ; Pawelek, R. ; Wasiak, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electr. Power Eng., Tech. Univ. of Lodz, Poland
  • Volume
    151
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    3/2/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    274
  • Lastpage
    280
  • Abstract
    The paper deals with compensation of frequently time-variable loads by means of STATCOM controllers. An arc furnace is considered as a heavily distributing load. The STATCOM system was used to ensure good power quality at the point of common coupling. For analysis of the system performance, the PSCAD/EMTDC programme was applied. Simulation models of the load and two types of STATCOM controllers, 12-pulse and 24-pulse, are discussed in the paper. A PSCAD model of a measurement block is also proposed for power quality assessment. Some results of simulation are presented, which show the compensation effectiveness.
  • Keywords
    EMTP; arc furnaces; controllers; power supply quality; power system simulation; static VAr compensators; PSCAD/EMTDC programme; STATCOM controller; arc furnace; frequently time-variable loads; power quality; shunt compensation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Generation, Transmission and Distribution, IEE Proceedings-
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2360
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-gtd:20040053
  • Filename
    1281034