Comparison of voltage support services by means of STATCOM and smart transformer in medium voltage grid

Xiang Gao; Rongwu Zhu; Giovanni De Carne; Marco Liserre

doi:10.1109/ICIEA.2018.8397848

Comparison of voltage support services by means of STATCOM and smart transformer in medium voltage grid

Xiang Gao
, Rongwu Zhu
, Giovanni De Carne
, Marco Liserre

Kiel University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

8 Scopus citations

Abstract

Due to the increasing demand of electrical energy, especially in urban areas, the traditional distribution power grid reaches its limitations of operation (e.g. large current flow or voltage deviation). The distribution grid needs to be upgraded to ensure stability margin of operation. Since the cost of space is expensive and there is also resistance against installation of extra equipment from local resident, to install new equipment in distribution grid becomes difficult. The choice of new device to support the grid must consider not only the services but also the cost of equipment and space. The devices based on power electronics (STATCOM, smart transformer (ST)) are able to provide ancillary services such as voltage support to medium voltage (MV) distribution grid. In this paper, the ST is analyzed and compared with the STATCOM in terms of cost and performance. By means of literature review and simulation, the performance of ST has been analyzed. The result shows that the ST provides more services to assist the control in distribution grid than STATCOM. In order to achieve the same performance of voltage support, the investment of ST is less.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	946-951
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538637579
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA.2018.8397848
State	Published - 26 Jun 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018 - Wuhan, China Duration: 31 May 2018 → 2 Jun 2018

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Name	Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018

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Conference	13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018
Country/Territory	China
City	Wuhan
Period	31/05/18 → 2/06/18

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

MV grid control
STATCOM
Smart Transformer
reactive power control
voltage support in distribution grid

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Gao, X., Zhu, R., De Carne, G., & Liserre, M. (2018). Comparison of voltage support services by means of STATCOM and smart transformer in medium voltage grid. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018 (pp. 946-951). (Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA.2018.8397848

Gao, Xiang ; Zhu, Rongwu ; De Carne, Giovanni et al. / Comparison of voltage support services by means of STATCOM and smart transformer in medium voltage grid. Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 946-951 (Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018).

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Gao, X, Zhu, R, De Carne, G & Liserre, M 2018, Comparison of voltage support services by means of STATCOM and smart transformer in medium voltage grid. in Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018. Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 946-951, 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018, Wuhan, China, 31/05/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA.2018.8397848

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Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 946-951 (Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018).

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Gao X, Zhu R, De Carne G, Liserre M. Comparison of voltage support services by means of STATCOM and smart transformer in medium voltage grid. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 946-951. (Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2018). doi: 10.1109/ICIEA.2018.8397848

Comparison of voltage support services by means of STATCOM and smart transformer in medium voltage grid

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