Electric Power ›› 2014, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 38-44.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2014.8.38.6

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Performance Test and Analysis on RTDS-Based SVC Controllers for Wind Farms

WU Tao1, XIE Huan1, CAO Tian-zhi1, JIN Hai-feng1, LIANG Yu-zhi1, LI Shan-ying1, LAN Hai-bo2, LIU Hai-tao2   

  1. 1. North China Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100045, China;
    2. Dispatching Center, Jibei Electric Power Company Limited, Beijing 100053, China
  • Received:2014-06-24 Online:2014-08-18 Published:2015-12-10

Abstract: Performances of SVC controllers have critical impacts on voltage quality and operation stability of local grid integrated with large-scale wind power. A digital real-time model is built for power grid connected with wind farms and TCR based SVCs by real-time digital simulator(RTDS), which constitutes a closed-loop test system, and can carry out the performance tests on actual SVC controllers. The results show that this kind of closed-loop test system is capable of testing SVC controllers’ dynamic characteristics more comprehensively. And it is found that, for manufacturers, some functions of SVCs, such as signal measurement, regulator model design, coordination of the auxiliary controls and its switching modes still need to be improved and refined.

Key words: wind farm, static var compensator (SVC), coordination control of power sources and grids, real time digital simulation (RTDS), thyristor controlled reactor, performance test

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