Modeling and Simulation of the Anticipated Effects of the Synchronous Condenser on an Electric-Power Network with Participating Wind Plants

Abstract

Installing a synchronous condenser (SC) onto an electricity grid can assist in the areas of reactive power needs, short-circuit strength, and, consequently, system inertia and guarantees better dynamic voltage recovery. This paper summarizes the practical potential of the synchronous condenser coordinated in an electric-power network with participating wind plants to supply reactive power compensation and injection of active power at their point of common coupling; it provides a systematic assessment method for simulating and analyzing the anticipated effects of the synchronous condenser on a power network with participating wind plants. A 33-kV power line has been used as a case study. The results indicate that the effect of the adopted synchronous condenser solution model in the MATLAB/Simulink environment provides reactive power, enhances voltage stability, and minimizes power losses, while the wind power plants provide active power support with given practical grid rules.

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“…These technologies can replace the rotating machines of the decommissioned generation plants (or synchronous generators can be converted into SynCons). SynCons have been used widely in power systems accounting for reactive support and 978-1-7281-1156-8/19$31.00©2019 IEEE XXX-X-XXXX-XXXX-X/XX/$XX.00 ©20XX IEEE voltage stability [2], [3]. SynCons have also the ability to elevate the SCL which can improve system interconnections (both HVAC and HVDC) [4] and power system protection [5].…”