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2019

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Western University

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Novel Night And Day Control Of Pv Solar Farm As Statcom (Pv-Statcom) For Critical Induction Motor Stabilization And Fidvr Alleviation, Sibin Mohan Nov 2019

Novel Night And Day Control Of Pv Solar Farm As Statcom (Pv-Statcom) For Critical Induction Motor Stabilization And Fidvr Alleviation, Sibin Mohan

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Induction motors are globally used in several critical operations such as petrochemicals, mining, process control, etc., where their shutdown during faults causes significant financial loss. System faults can also lead to Fault Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) causing service disruptions. Dynamic reactive power compensators such as SVC and STATCOM are conventionally employed to mitigate these issues, however, these are very expensive.

PV solar plants are growing at unprecedented rate globally and are likely to be installed near such critical motors. This thesis presents several novel applications of a patented technology of utilizing PV solar plants, both during night and day, …


Novel Pv Solar Farm Control As Statcom (Pv-Statcom) For Ssr Mitigation In Synchronous Generators And Wind Farms, Reza Salehi Sharafdarkolaee Nov 2019

Novel Pv Solar Farm Control As Statcom (Pv-Statcom) For Ssr Mitigation In Synchronous Generators And Wind Farms, Reza Salehi Sharafdarkolaee

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Transmission lines across the world are extensively compensated by series capacitors to increase their power transfer capacity. However, series compensation can potentially cause subsynchronous resonance (SSR) which can lead to significant damage in shafts of synchronous generators and wind farms. Dynamic reactive power compensators such as STATCOM and SVCs are typically used for mitigation of SSR, but these are quite expensive.

Large scale PV solar farms are growing at a very rapid rate across the world. It is quite likely that they may get installed near synchronous generators or wind farms which are directly or indirectly interfaced with series compensated …