scholarly journals Utilizing the synchronous condenser for robust functioning of wind farm implanted electric grid

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-158
Author(s):  
Famous Oghomwen Igbinovia ◽  
Ghaeth Fandi ◽  
Juraj Kubica ◽  
Zdenek Muller ◽  
Frantisek Janicek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Farm ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Dynamic State ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
Synchronous Condenser ◽  
Electricity Grids ◽  
Stability Issues ◽  
Type 3

Abstract Present-day electricity grids are equipped with sophisticated devices that allow to meet various grid code requirements. These include reactive and active power controls to ensure robust functioning of the grid. Robust operation of the electricity grid entails favourable voltage and frequency profile adjustments that can be achieved through reactive and active power controls. This study presents the synchronous condenser capability of providing voltage regulation and reactive power output, and the active power possibility path of a type-3 wind machine for dynamic state conditions and voltage stability issues. Simulations carried out in the MATLAB/Simulink environment prove the efficiency of the proposed methodology.

scholarly journals Modeling and Simulation of the Anticipated Effects of the Synchronous Condenser on an Electric-Power Network with Participating Wind Plants

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Famous Igbinovia ◽  
Ghaeth Fandi ◽  
Ibrahim Ahmad ◽  
Zdenek Muller ◽  
Josef Tlusty
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Power Network ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Synchronous Condenser

Installing a synchronous condenser (SC) onto an electricity grid can assist in the areas of reactive power needs, short-circuit strength, and, consequently, system inertia and guarantees better dynamic voltage recovery. This paper summarizes the practical potential of the synchronous condenser coordinated in an electric-power network with participating wind plants to supply reactive power compensation and injection of active power at their point of common coupling; it provides a systematic assessment method for simulating and analyzing the anticipated effects of the synchronous condenser on a power network with participating wind plants. A 33-kV power line has been used as a case study. The results indicate that the effect of the adopted synchronous condenser solution model in the MATLAB/Simulink environment provides reactive power, enhances voltage stability, and minimizes power losses, while the wind power plants provide active power support with given practical grid rules.

scholarly journals Using Energy Storage Inverters of Prosumer Installations for Voltage Control in Low-Voltage Distribution Networks

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1121
Author(s):  
Rozmysław Mieński ◽  
Przemysław Urbanek ◽  
Irena Wasiak
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Total Power

The paper includes the analysis of the operation of low-voltage prosumer installation consisting of receivers and electricity sources and equipped with a 3-phase energy storage system. The aim of the storage application is the management of active power within the installation to decrease the total power exchanged with the supplying network and thus reduce energy costs borne by the prosumer. A solution for the effective implementation of the storage system is presented. Apart from the active power management performed according to the prosumer’s needs, the storage inverter provides the ancillary service of voltage regulation in the network according to the requirements of the network operator. A control strategy involving algorithms for voltage regulation without prejudice to the prosumer’s interest is described in the paper. Reactive power is used first as a control signal and if the required voltage effect cannot be reached, then the active power in the controlled phase is additionally changed and the Energy Storage System (ESS) loading is redistributed in phases in such a way that the total active power set by the prosumer program remains unchanged. The efficiency of the control strategy was tested by means of a simulation model in the PSCAD/EMTDC program. The results of the simulations are presented.

Improving Active Output Capacity of Large-Scale Wind Farm by Installation STATCOM

2012 ◽  
Vol 588-589 ◽  
pp. 574-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Juan Wu ◽  
Lin Chuan Li
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Transient Stability ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Feedforward Control ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Grid Voltage

Some faults will result wind turbine generators off-grid due to low grid voltage , furthermore, large-scale wind farms tripping can result in severe system oscillation and aggravate system transient instability . In view of this, static compensator (STATCOM) is installed in the grid containing large-scale wind farm. A voltage feedforward control strategy is proposed to adjust the reactive power of STATCOM compensation and ensure that the grid voltage is quickly restored to a safe range. The mathematical model of the doubly-fed induction wind generator (DFIG) is proposed. The control strategy of DFIG uses PI control for rotor angular velocity and active power. 4-machine system simulation results show that the STATCOM reactive power compensation significantly improve output active power of large-scale wind farm satisfying transient stability, reduce the probability of the tripping, and improve the utilization efficiency of wind farms.

scholarly journals Ensuring Reliable Operation of Electricity Grid by Placement of FACTS Devices for Developing Countries

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2283
Author(s):  
Atif Naveed Khan ◽  
Kashif Imran ◽  
Muhammad Nadeem ◽  
Anamitra Pal ◽  
Abraiz Khattak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Active Power ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Planning Problem ◽  
Power Losses ◽  
Reliable Operation ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
Facts Devices

Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) are essential devices used for the efficient performance of modern power systems and many developing countries lack these devices. Due to the non-existence of these advanced technologies, the national grid remains weak and vulnerable to power stability issues that can jeopardize system stability. This study proposes novel research to solve issues of an evolving national grid through the installation of FACTS devices. FACTS devices play a crucial role in minimizing active power losses while managing reactive power flows to keep the voltages within their respective limits. Due to the high costs of FACTS, optimization must be done to discover optimal locations as well as ratings of these devices. However, due to the nonlinearity, it is a challenging task to find the optimal locations and appropriate sizes of these devices. Shunt VARs Compensators (SVCs) and Thyristor-Controlled Series Compensators (TCSCs) are the two FACTS devices considered for the study. Optimal locations for SVCs and TCSCs are determined by Voltage Collapse Proximity Index (VCPI) and Line Stability Index (Lmn), respectively. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is employed to find the ideal rating for FACTS devices to minimize the system operating cost (cost due to active power loss and capital cost of FACTS devices). This technique is applied to IEEE (14 and 30) bus systems. Moreover, reliable operation of the electricity grid through the placement of FACTS for developing countries has also been analysed; Pakistan being a developing country has been selected as a case study. The planning problem has been solved for the present as well as for the forecasted power system. Consequently, in the current national network, 6.21% and 6.71% reduction in active and reactive power losses have been observed, respectively. Moreover, voltage profiles have been improved significantly. A detailed financial analysis covering the calculation of Operation Cost (OC) of the national grid before and after the placement of FACTS devices is carried out.

scholarly journals Power Generation and Voltage Regulation of 132KV Karbala Grid using DFIG Wind Turbine Generator

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Qasim Kamil Mohsin ◽  
Xiangning Lin ◽  
Owolabi Sunday ◽  
Asad Waqar
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Line ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Turbine Generators ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
And Control

Due to increasing demand on electrical energy in Iraq and to have clean energy that is environmental friendly, wind energy would be one of the most important and promising sources of renewable energy to achieve this goal. This paper discussed the reasons to use the Doubly-Feed Induction Generator (DFIG) amongst the available types of wind turbine generators, and in section (4) illustrate Motivations to select place to the wind farm construction. using decupling method (the vector control strategy) to change reactive power of DFIG 2MW connected to middle of the 132KV transmission line (Karbala north – Alahkader) without effect about the active power generated from DFIG itself with fixed wind speed value assumed to provide the voltage regulation, and control of the transmission line In addition to power generating. By using PSCAD/EMTDC, different simulation results are presented based on various scenarios.

scholarly journals Optimization Control Strategy for Large Doubly-Fed Induction Generator Wind Farm Based on Grouped Wind Turbine

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 4848
Author(s):  
Shijia Zhou ◽  
Fei Rong ◽  
Xiaojie Ning
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Power Output ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Induction Generator ◽  
Doubly Fed Induction Generator ◽  
Optimization Control ◽  
Doubly Fed

This paper proposes a grouped, reactive power optimization control strategy to maximize the active power output of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based on a large wind farm (WF). Optimization problems are formulated based on established grouped loss models and the reactive power limits of the wind turbines (WTs). The WTs in the WF are grouped to relieve computational burden. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is applied to optimize the distribution of reactive power among groups, and a proportional control strategy is used to distribute the reactive power requirements in each group. Furthermore, the proposed control strategy optimizes the reactive power distribution between the stator and the grid side converter (GSC) in each WT. The proposed control strategy greatly reduces the number of variables for optimization, and increases the calculation speed of the algorithm. Thus, the control strategy can not only increase the active power output of the WF but also enable the WF to track the reactive power dispatching instruction of the power grid. A simulation of the DFIG WF is given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy at different wind speeds and reactive power references.

scholarly journals Reactive Power Compensation with PV Inverters for System Loss Reduction

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 4062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlahinić ◽  
Franković ◽  
Komen ◽  
Antonić
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Loss Reduction ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Pv Penetration ◽  
Power Provisioning

Photovoltaic (PV) system inverters usually operate at unitary power factor, injecting only active power into the system. Recently, many studies have been done analyzing potential benefits of reactive power provisioning, such as voltage regulation, congestion mitigation and loss reduction. This article analyzes possibilities for loss reduction in a typical medium voltage distribution system. Losses in the system are compared to the losses in the PV inverters. Different load conditions and PV penetration levels are considered and for each scenario various active power generation by PV inverters are taken into account, together with allowable levels of reactive power provisioning. As far as loss reduction is considered, there is very small number of PV inverters operating conditions for which positive energy balance exists. For low and medium load levels, there is no practical possibility for loss reduction. For high loading levels and higher PV penetration specific reactive savings, due to reactive power provisioning, increase and become bigger than additional losses in PV inverters, but for a very limited range of power factors.

scholarly journals A Hybrid Reactive Power Control Method of Distributed Generation to Mitigate Voltage Rise in Low-Voltage Grid

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Bin Kim ◽  
Seung-Ho Song
Keyword(s):  
Power Control ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Reactive Power Control ◽  
Voltage Rise ◽  
Distributed Generator ◽  
Network Losses

A high penetration of distributed generators, such as solar and wind power generators in low voltage network systems, impose voltage rise problems. Reactive power control of distributed generators can contribute to mitigating the voltage rise. In the existing reactive power control, reactive power was controlled using only one local variable, such as voltage at point of connection or the active power output of distributed generator. In case of PF(P) method, which provides certain power factors, depending on the active power of distributed generator, the voltage regulation ability is strong, but network losses are large. Q(V) method, which provides a certain amount of reactive power depending on the local voltage, has few network losses, but the voltage regulation ability is weak. In this paper, a reactive power control method that combines the PF(P) method and Q(V) method was proposed. The proposed method determines the reactive power output by using the active power of the distributed generator and local voltage variables together. The proposed method improves the voltage regulation ability of the reactive power control, while reducing the network losses, as compared to the existing method. The low voltage network system was modeled and simulated to evaluate the performance of the proposed method, in terms of voltage regulation ability and network losses, and the performance of the proposed method and the existing method were compared and analyzed.

scholarly journals A Review on Shunt Active Power Filter Control Strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.5) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harnek Singh ◽  
Maneet Kour ◽  
Dip Vinod Thanki ◽  
Prakash Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Active Power Filter ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Shunt Active Power Filter ◽  
Current Harmonics ◽  
Power Filter

Shunt active power filter (SAPF) has now become a well-known sophisticated technology to overcome current harmonics and reactive power compensation issues. In this paper a technical review of various control strategies for operation of SAPF has been presented. Control strategies such as reference current generation by time domain, frequency domain and soft computing approaches; voltage control for dc link voltage regulation and current control for generating switching patterns for voltage source inverter has been discussed. This paper aims to provide a broad understanding on SAPFs for various research and engineering applications.  

scholarly journals Energy storage of DFIG based wind farm using D-STATCOM

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 761
Author(s):  
Kaoutar Rabyi ◽  
Hassane Mahmoudi
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Storage Device ◽  
Static Synchronous Compensator ◽  
Electrical Grid ◽  
Power Simulation ◽  
Doubly Fed

<p>To accommodate the regularity of wind energy; a storage device is required for the wind turbine. This paper proposesa constant power control for wind farm based Doubly Fed Induction Generator, the suggested storage device is supercapacitor which is connected to every wind turbine of the wind farm, it provides output power stability and compensates the deviations between the available wind energy input and the desired active power output. A Distribution – Static Synchronous Compensator (D-STATCOM) is connected at the point of connection of the wind farm, it controls the active and reactive power according to the demand from orpower generation to the electrical grid. The coordinated approach between the supercapacitors and the D-STATCOM mitigates the voltage magnitude fluctuations of the wind farm and provides support to the active power. Simulation studies are carried out inMATLAB/Simulink.

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