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EE6004 FACTS Unit-2 SVC and Applications

K.RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, TRICHY

Department of EEE (Final Year 7th SEM)

EE6004 FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

UNIT-2 STATIC VAR COMPENSATOR (SVC) AND APPLICATIONS

PART-A (Two Marks) Questions and answers

1. Write the application of SVC.


SVCs are installed to solve a variety of power system problems
Voltage regulation
Reduce voltage flicker caused by varying loads like arc furnace, etc.
Increase power transfer capacity of transmission systems.
Increase transient stability limits of a power system
Increase damping of power oscillations

2. Define the term static VAR compensator (SVC).
Static VAR Compensator is an electrical device, commonly known as SVCs, or
shunt connected devices, vary the reactive power output by controlling or switching
the reactive impedance components by means of power electronics devices. The SVC
regulates voltage at its terminals by controlling the amount of reactive power injected
into or absorb from the power system.
The term STATIC refers to the fact that the SVC has no moving parts. Hence it
requires low maintenance.

3. What is SVC slope in the dynamic characteristics?


To improve the power system operating performance 2.5% voltage de-
regulation will be provided in SVC operation. So this voltage de-regulation
results in 5% slope in the SVC dynamic characteristics.

4. What is the best location for SVC? Justify.


It has been proven that the midpoint of the transmission line is the optimal
location of SVC. This proof is based on the linear load which is not valid
practically.
For nonlinear load model it was found that the best location for advanced Static
VAR compensator close to the receiving end where the wide range of reactive
power could be controlled.

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5. What are the general characteristics of SVCs?


The lowering of maintenance requirements due to the absence of rotating parts
The very fast control response time
The feasibility of individual phase control
Reduced losses
Highly reliable

6. List the Advantages of SVC.


Cheaper
Higher capacity
Faster and more reliable
Simple operation
Improves steady state stability and transient stability

7. Draw VI characteristics of SVC.

8. Define voltage stability.


It is the ability of a power system to maintain steady acceptable voltages
at all buses in the system under normal operating conditions and after being
subjected to a disturbance.

9. What are the two basic modes of SVC?


Voltage regulation mode
VAR mode(SVC susceptance kept constant)

10. List out the prevention of voltage instability
Placement of series and shunt capacitors
Installation of synchronous condensers

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Placement of FACTS controllers


Coordination of multiple FACTS controllers
Under Voltage load Shedding

11. What are the symptoms of voltage collapse?
Low voltage profiles
Heavy reactive power flows
Inadequate reactive support
Heavily loaded system

12. What are the general characteristics of SVC?


Lowering maintenance requirement from the absence of rotating parts .CO
Very fast control response time
Feasibility of individual phase control
Diminished losses
High reliability
Lack of contribution to system short circuit capacity
Generation of harmonics by SVCs except thyristor switched capacitor
Variation of SVC reactive power generation as the square of terminal voltage
when it is operating outside the linear controllable range, leading to a
substantial in reactive power support at a lower voltage

13. Give the applications of synchronous condensers.


Control of large voltage excursions
Dynamic reactive power support at HVDC terminals

14. Give the applications of saturated reactor.
The control of the large voltage excursions
The alleviation of flicker
The reactive compensation HVDC terminal

15. What are the advantages of the slope in the SVC dynamic characteristics?
Substantially reduces the reactive power rating of the SVC for
achieving nearly the same control objectives
Prevents the SVC from reaching its reactive power limits too frequency
Facilitates the sharing of reactive power among multiple
compensators operating in parallel

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16. Draw the power angle curve of SVC compensated SMIB system?

17. Where we can locate Svc in a transmission system?


Buses experiencing maximum voltage excursions
Buses where an SVC of a given rating can impart maximum
electrical tamping to the power system
Buses where the critical voltage sensitive loads are connected
The electrical midpoint of transmission line connecting two
areas, maximum voltage swings are likely in the absence of a
SVC

18. How the SVC prevents the reactive power rating, reaching its limit too frequently?
Due to slope in the SVC dynamic characteristics the no load to change in
load variation limit will be increased, so the SVC is prevented from reaching its
reactive power limit too frequently. Thus the total reactive power needed is
reduced to certain limit.

19. Explain the load sharing of two parallel connected SVCs.


Without slope in the SVC dynamic characteristics there is a discontinuous
gap between capacitive and inductive region. This gap will be reduced by operating
two parallel connected SVCs with slope (2.5% voltage de-regulation) in the SVC
dynamic characteristics.

20. What are the conditions involved for influence of the SVC on system voltage?
i)Coupling transformer ignored
ii)With coupling transformer
iii)System gain

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PART-B Questions

1. Illustrate the modeling of SVC for stability analysis.

2. Explain the transient stability enhancement of SMIB system using SVC.

3. How is shunt compensation classified? Explain in detail.

4. Compare and contrast STATCOM and SVC.

5. Explain SVC with respect to the following aspects.


I. Diagram
II. Operation
III. VI characteristics

6. Explain about the performance of SVC in controlling voltage in a power system.

7. Explain the operation of STATCOM with an aid of block diagram.

8. Discuss in detail about SVCSVC interaction.

9. Explain the basic operating principle and the control capability of UPFC.

10. With a neat sketch, explain the operation of two different configuration of SVC.

Reference Book:

R.Mohan Mathur, Rajiv K.Varma, Thyristor Based Facts Controllers for Electrical
Transmission Systems, IEEE press and John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.

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