Stability Enhancement of Pleiku Power System using a Distribution Static Synchronous Compensator (D-STATCOM)

Abstract

This paper presents the simulation results of using a static synchronous compensator (D-STATCOM) based on voltage source converter (VSC) to enhance voltage stability and improve the stability of the actual Pleiku Power System. The PI controller based D-STATCOM is applied to stabilize and improve voltage waveforms at load buses in the studied power system under three-phase short circuit fault. Simulation results in a time domain are presented to show effectiveness of using the D-STATCOM for stability and improvement of voltage quality when small disturbances occur, and of enhancing voltage magnitude, mitigating voltage oscillation in transient conditions under a severe disturbance in the power system.