Improving voltage profiles in the Dominican electricity network using Static VAR Compensators

Author

Butler, David M. ; Mohammed, Osama A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the Dominican National interconnected electrical system (SENT) by incorporating a Static VAR Compensator (SVC) in the northern region of the system. A study involving this action would help improve low voltage profiles. A brief explanation on Flexible Alternate Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) associated with this implementation is given. The SVC and its components are discussed. The SENT was described and the implementation of the SVC was performed in the modeled system in the DigSilent software. Tests were performed in steady state analysis´ and conclusions were drawn from the results. An economic study was performed to determine the impact of the SVC in the system to improve the voltage profile of the whole system.

Keywords

flexible AC transmission systems; power engineering computing; power system interconnection; static VAr compensators; DigSilent software; Dominican National interconnected electrical system; Dominican electricity network; FACTS; SENT; SVC; economic study; flexible alternate current transmission systems; low voltage profiles; static VAR compensator; Inductors; Load flow; Power system stability; Power transmission lines; Stability analysis; Static VAr compensators; Voltage control; Flexible Alternate Current Transmission Systems (FACTS); Load factor (LC); National interconnected electrical system (SENI); Static VAR Compensator (SVC);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon, 2013 Proceedings of IEEE

Conference_Location

Jacksonville, FL

ISSN

1091-0050

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0052-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2013.6567498

Filename

6567498