REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION USING STATCOM

PRESENTED BY
NEHA L. JAIN
CB.EN.U4EEE13034

OBJECTIVE
What is Power Quality
Why Reactive Power Compensation is
needed
Introduction to STATCOM and its
working
How STATCOM helps in increasing the
reliability of power supply from the
utility grid using MATLAB/SIMULINK
results

POWER QUALITY
Availability of Reliable Power required for
proper operation of all end user equipments
Power Quality disturbance is defined as any
change in Power, Voltage, Current or Frequency
that interferes with the normal operation of the
electrical equipment[4]
Most commonly faced power quality issues are

Transients

Undervoltage / Sag

Overvoltage / Swell

Harmonic distortion

WHY REACTIVE POWER

COMPENSATION ?

Energy storage elements

(Inductor/Capacitor) requires Reactive
Power (Q) for their operation
Most of the loads are inductive in
nature
Q reduces Power Factor, and hence
increases current flow through the line
for the same required active power
Also Q reduces the voltage at the
receiving end
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BENEFITS OF REACTIVE POWER

COMPENSATION
Reduced

tariff
(penalty for
excessive Q
consumption)
Improved
efficiency
Improved voltage
regulation
Better
performance of the
Power System on

Figure 1: Power Triangle

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INTRODUCTION TO FACTS
FACTS (Flexible Alternating current
Transmission System) refers to a family of
power electronics based devices to
enhance the AC system controllability and
stability and to increase power transfer
capability[5]

FACTS Controllers are broadly classified

into two types

Series controllers

Shunt controllers
Series controllers inject voltage in
series with the transmission line
Shunt controllers inject current into the

STATCOM
STATCOM - Static Synchronous
Compensators
Shunt Controller

Can either provide or absorb Reactive

power
Uses force commutated power
electronic devices like GTO, IGBT
Mostly applied in long transmission lines
and are useful for many purposes namely

Power Factor Correction

Voltage support and control

Harmonic suppression

FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM OF
STATCOM
BUS
VAC
COUPLING TRANSFORMER

IAC

VOUT

VSC

IDC

VDC
CDC

Figure 2: Diagram
of STATCOM
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VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER

Figure 3: Circuit diagram of VSC

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OPERATION OF STATCOM

Principle: Two AC sources of same frequency

when connected through a series inductance,
Reactive power flows from higher voltage
magnitude to lower voltage magnitude
When voltage angle changes, Real Power
flows
When voltage magnitude changes, Reactive
Power flows
Control schemes for STATCOM
Direct control scheme
Indirect control scheme
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SIMULATION WITHOUT
STATCOM

Figure 4: Simulink model without STATCOM

SIMULATION RESULTS
For input peak voltage of 80 V, RL load
Table 1: Results of Simulink model without STATCOM

PS

QS

PR

QR

VLOAD

(W)

(Var)

(W)

(Var)

(V)

14.12

95.68

7.705

77.0
5

60

13.47

83.77

8.773

70.1
9

65

13.15

69.23

10.08

60.4
5

70

13.1

51.28

11.68

46.7
3

75
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SIMULATION WITH STATCOM

Figure 5: Simulink model with STATCOM

SIMULATION RESULTS
For input peak voltage of 80 V, RL load with STATCOM
Table 2: Results of Simulink model with STATCOM

PS

QS

PR

QR

VLOAD

(W)

(Var)

(W)

(Var)

(V)

15.14

78.02

8.7

87.01

80

14.34

68.57

9.657

77.26

80

13.8

58.33

10.73

64.38

80

13.62

47.53

11.91

47.66

80
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ADVANTAGES OF
STATCOM
Smooth Voltage control over a wide range
of operating conditions
Improves transmission reliability and
power quality to a great extent
Fast response than many other FACTS
devices
Useful for a variety of power quality
issues
Feasible and Economic to implement

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N. G. Hingorani, L. Gyugyi, Understanding FACTS

Concepts and technology of Flexible AC Transmission
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V.S. Tejwani, H.B. Kapadia, A.S. Pandya, J.B. Bhati,
Power Quality Improvement in Power Distribution
System using D-STATCOM, IEEE Engg (NUiCONE), pp:
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R.Abidi, M.Nour, Analysis of a D-STATCOM in a 25kV
Power Distribution Systems using Simulink,
International Journal of Electrical and Electronics
research, Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp: (26-34), Month: April June 2014.
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THANK YOU
PRESENTED BY
NEHA L. JAIN
CB.EN.U4EEE13034
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