TITLE:
Reactive Power Problem and Solutions: An Overview
AUTHORS:
Ahmed A. AbdElhafez, Saud H. Alruways, Yazeed A. Alsaif, Mutlaq F. Althobaiti, Abdulmohsen B. AlOtaibi, Naif A. Alotaibi
KEYWORDS:
Compensation, TCR, TSC, STATCOM, Reactive Power
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering,
Vol.5 No.5,
May
26,
2017
ABSTRACT: This article presents a comprehensive review for the dilemma of reactive power flow, while addressing different proposed remedy strategies: conventional and most update solutions. Robust analytical expressions were utilized to exploit the functionality of the proposed solutions and to show clearly the relation between the reactive power and control variables. The article, moreover, proposes a simple, innovative and robust analysis for static performance of the STATCOM. This approach shows clearly the advantages of the STA-TCOM in regulating reactive power and maintaining load voltage level within presumable limits. The approach, furthermore, reveals explicitly via analytical expressions the impact of the STATCOM operation on different aspects of the power system under concern.