Special Issues of Electric Power Supply. Part 2
Programme Summary
Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering
Specialisation: Power Supply
Degree: Master
Course units:
Unit 1. Reactive power compensation in the networks comprising electrical installations.
Unit 2. Main circuits of static VAR compensators for electric arc furnace applications.
Unit 3. Basic principles behind EAF SVC automatic control.
Unit 4. Use of STATCOM in the networks with high nonlinear and abruptly variable loads.
Unit 5. Exploring the frequency parameters of an SVC compensation filter circuit and the main circuit.
Unit 6. Features of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (or FACTS). Main reactive power compensator types.
Unit 7. Automatic control of SVCs used in power transmission lines.
Unit 8. Exploring the dynamic stability of a power grid with SVC in high disturbance conditions.
Unit 9. Exploring the damping of power swings and subsynchronous oscillations in a power grid with SVC.
Unit 10. Specific types of static reactive power compensators designed for power transmission lines.
Course contents:
Unit 1. Reactive power compensation in the networks comprising electrical installations.
Main types of reactive power compensators designed for abruptly variable and asymmetrical loads. SVC operating modes. Consumption and generation of reactive power. Power parameters of the “electric arc furnace/static VAR compensator” system in different EAF and SVC modes.
Unit 2. Main circuits of static VAR compensators for electric arc furnace applications.
Static parameters of the main reactive power compensator types. Design and operation of static reactive power compensators using thyristor-controlled condensers. Power parameters of a SVC thyristor-reactor group.
Unit 3. Basic principles behind EAF SVC automatic control.
Automatic control requirements for SVCs designed for nonlinear abruptly variable and asymmetrical loads. Math model of a SVC thyristor-reactor group. Basic theory behind EAF reactive power compensation allowing for asymmetrical conditions.
Unit 4. Use of STATCOM in the networks with high nonlinear and abruptly variable loads.
STATCOM main circuit features. STATCOM automatic control requirements. Analysis of dynamic parameters of SVC and STATCOM automatic control.
Unit 5. Exploring the frequency parameters of an SVC compensation filter circuit and the main circuit.
SVC compensation filter circuits. Building the equivalent frequency response of the main circuit and a compensation filter circuit. Analysis of higher harmonic filter performance. Purpose, design and operation of active harmonic filters built with fully-controlled voltage converters.
Unit 6. Features of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (or FACTS). Main reactive power compensator types.
Purpose and main types of reactive power compensators designed for power transmission lines. Basic principles behind Flexible AC Transmission Systems (or FACTS).
Unit 7. Automatic control of SVCs used in power transmission lines.
SVC automatic control requirements for SVCs used in power transmission lines. Independent incremental SVC power control for SVCs used in power transmission lines.
Unit 8. Exploring the dynamic stability of a power grid with SVC in high disturbance conditions.
Behaviour of SVCs used in power transmission lines in high and low disturbance conditions. Increasing the dynamic stability of a power grid in high disturbance conditions through the use of SVC.
Unit 9. Exploring the damping of power swings and subsynchronous oscillations in a power grid with SVC.
Damping of power swings and subsynchronous oscillations in a power grid with SVC.
Activities:
- Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
- Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
- Office-hours.
Total hours – 144
Total points – 4
Classroom hours (practical classes) – 40
Unsupervised hours – 68
Midterm assessment – Examination
