Control of STATCOMs - A Review

• Main Authors: Subramanian, Sridhar Bala, Mohan, Sibin, Akbari, Mohammad, Maleki, Hesamaldin, Salehi, Reza, Litzenberger, Wayne H., Varma, Rajiv K.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Automatic voltage control; Energy Storage; FACTS; High Voltage DC (HVDC) Transmission; Inverters; Power system dynamics; Power system stability; PV solar systems; Reactive power; Stability analysis; STATCOM; Voltage Source Converters (VSC); Wind Power Systems
• ISSN: 1944-9933
• DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2018.8586479

This IEEE Working Group paper presents a review of selected journal papers published on control of STATCOM - a Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) device, during the period 2016-2017. This review includes STATCOM controls utilized in different applications such as voltage control, stability improvement, mitigation of subsynchronous resonance (SSR), integration of renewable energy systems, energy storage systems, and coordination with HVDC systems. Journal papers have been searched through different search engines such as, IEEE Xplore, SCOPUS and others. This review includes papers published during 2016 to October 2017 (until the submission of this Review paper). The total journal papers found in this search were 260, of which only 75 were found through IEEE Xplore, while the remaining 170 were discovered from other non-IEEE search engines. Due to the page limitation, a total of 60 papers are included in this Bibliography. The bibliographic citations of the remaining papers will be provided on the website of this IEEE Working Group. The objective of this Working Group paper is to disseminate information and thereby educate the power and energy systems community worldwide about the controls of STATCOMs for providing various grid benefits.