STATCOM Impact Study on the Integration of a Large Wind Farm into a Weak Loop Power System

Recently, renewable wind energy is enjoying a rapid growth globally to become an important green electricity source to replace polluting and exhausting fossil fuel. However, with wind being an uncontrollable resource and the nature of distributed wind induction generators, integrating a large-scale...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on energy conversion 2008-03, Vol.23 (1), p.226-233
Main Authors: Chong Han, Huang, A.Q., Baran, M.E., Bhattacharya, S., Litzenberger, W., Anderson, L., Johnson, A.L., Edris, A.-A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automatic voltage control
Computer simulation
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Electric potential
Electric power generation
Impact study
Pollution
Power supply
Power system analysis computing
Power system modeling
Power systems
static synchronous compensator (STATCOM)
Strategy
Studies
Voltage
Voltage control
voltage fluctuation
Voltage fluctuations
voltage stability
Wind energy
wind farm (WF)
Wind farms
Wind power generation
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Summary:Recently, renewable wind energy is enjoying a rapid growth globally to become an important green electricity source to replace polluting and exhausting fossil fuel. However, with wind being an uncontrollable resource and the nature of distributed wind induction generators, integrating a large-scale wind-farm into a power system poses challenges, particularly in a weak power system. In the paper, the impact of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) to facilitate the integration of a large wind farm (WF) into a weak power system is studied. First, an actual weak power system with two nearby large WFs is introduced. Based on the field SCADA data analysis, the power quality issues are highlighted and a centralized STATCOM is proposed to solve them, particularly the short-term (seconds to minutes) voltage fluctuations. Second, a model of the system, WF, and STATCOM for steady state and dynamic impact study is presented, and the model is validated by comparing with the actual field data. Using simulated PV and QV curves, voltage control and stability issues are analyzed, and the size and location of STATCOM are assessed. Finally, a STATCOM control strategy for voltage fluctuation suppression is presented and dynamic simulations verify the performance of proposed STATCOM and its control strategy.
ISSN:0885-8969
1558-0059
DOI:10.1109/TEC.2006.888031