VOLTAGE CONTROL AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING STATCOM AND ITS COMPARISON WITH SVC

This paper investigates the effects of Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) on voltage stability of a power system. This paper will discuss and demonstrate how STATCOM has successfully been applied to power system for effectively regulating system voltage. One of the major reasons for installing a STATCOM is to improve dynamic voltage control and thus increase system load ability. This paper presents modeling and simulation of STATCOM in MATLAB/Simulink. In this paper A STATCOM is used to regulate voltage in a power system. When system voltage is low the STATCOM generates reactive power (STATCOM capacitive). When system voltage is high it absorbs reactive power (STATCOM inductive). The STATCOM more effectively enhance the voltage stability and increase transmission capacity in a power system. In this paper comparison is also performed between SVC and STATCOM under fault condition and it is shown that STATCOM have the ability to provide more capacitive power during a fault over SVC. It is also shown that STATCOM exhibits faster response than SVC