The Static Var Compensator (SVC) and the Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), as two components of Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices, play an important role in controlling the reactive power flow to the power network. Because of economic considerations, identifying the best location for installing the SVC and STATCOM is also important. The FACTS devices placement problem is c...

The fault recovery of VSC-HVDC transmission system is often influenced by many factors, such as the reactive power compensation characteristics of the inverter and the dynamic performance of DC controllers. In this paper, the PSCAD/ EMTDC simulation tool is used to study the dynamic recovery performance of VSC-HVDC system for several different var compensating devices in VSC-HVDC inverter-Fixed...

in this paper power system stability enhancement through static synchronous compensator (statcom)based controller is investigated. the potential of the statcom supplementary controllers to enhance thedynamic stability is evaluated. the design problem of statcom based damping controller is formulatedas an optimization problem according to the eigenvalue based objective function that is solved by...

The static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is one type of FACTS devices which resembles in many respects a rotating synchronous condenser used for voltage control and reactive power compensation. The STATCOM can increase transmission capacity, damping low frequency oscillation, and improving voltage stability. This paper presents a control block diagram of STATCOM for the voltage stability im...

In this paper, an additive self-tuning (ST) control scheme is presented for a static synchronous series compensator (SSSC) to improve performance of conventional PI control system for damping sub-synchronous resonance (SSR) oscillations. The active and reactve series compensation are provided by a three-level 24-pulse SSSC and fixed capacitor. The proposed ST controller consists of a pole shift...

A high-power low-distortion static var compensator based on a synchronous link converter has been proposed, where the harmonics are eliminated by incorporating a low-power insulated-gate-bipolar-transistor-based controlled current auxiliary converter in conjunction with a high-power gate-turn-off-thyristor-based converter. In this paper, a new load compensator based on this topology is proposed...

This paper proposes the energy function of a power system with a Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC). They make it possible for the direct method to acquire the transient stability or critical clearing time assessment of a power system. The proposed energy function of a power system with a SSSC is first derived and then it is used for SSSC control design. The proposed method is tested ...

— This paper summarizes the main problems and solutions of power quality in Microgrids, distributed energy storage systems, and AC/DC hybrid Microgrids. First, power quality enhancement of grid-interactive Microgrids is presented. Then, cooperative control for enhance voltage harmonics and unbalances in Microgrids is reviewed. After, the use of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) in grid-c...

This paper presents an efficient and reliable evolutionary based approach to solve the optimal power flow (OPF) problem in the presence of static synchronous series compensator (SSSC). The firefly algorithm (FFA) is developed by using principle of firefly swarm. The approach has been tested on IEEE 30bus system with and without SSSC. The results show that FFA algorithm with SSSC gives better pe...