An approach to optimal allocation of SVC in power systems connected to DFIG wind farms based on maximization of voltage stability and system loadability

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ahmadi Kamarposhti, Mehrdad^a | Soleymani, Soodabeh^{a; *} | Mozafari, Seyed Babak^a | Hosseini, Seyed Mehdi^b

Affiliations: [a] Department of Electrical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran | [b] Department of Electrical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Mehrdad Ahmadi Kamarposhti, Department of Electrical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Tel.: +982144865179 82; soodabeh_soleymani@yahoo.com

Abstract: This paper proposed an approach to determine optimal location of SVC (Static Var Compensator) to improve the voltage profile and maximize system loadability in power networks connected to a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind farm. A variable reactance model for SVC is presented in steady state studies and implemented in the load flow program with embedded Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices. The continuation power flow method is used to determine optimal location of SVC and steady state stability margin, based on closing to point of voltage collapse. As an important result in this paper, we obtained an optimal location of SVC devices on wind farm by calculating the new indices such as maximum loading point (MLP) and mega watt margin (MWM). A case study and simulation are done on modified IEEE14 bus test system.

Keywords: Continuation power flow, DFIG, voltage stability, wind farm, SVC

DOI: 10.3233/IFS-151690

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 2147-2157, 2015