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Optimal Configuration Method for Multi-Type Reactive Power Compensation Devices in Regional Power Grid with High Proportion of Wind Power

Ying Wang¹, Jie Dang¹, Cangbi Ding^2,*, Chenyi Zheng², Yi Tang²
1 Central China Branch of State Grid, Wuhan, 430077, China
2 School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211100, China
* Corresponding Author: Cangbi Ding. Email:

Energy Engineering https://doi.org/10.32604/ee.2024.052066

Received 21 March 2024; Accepted 27 May 2024; Published online 28 June 2024

Abstract

As the large-scale development of wind farms (WFs) progresses, the connection of WFs to the regional power grid is evolving from the conventional receiving power grid to the sending power grid with a high proportion of wind power (WP). Due to the randomness of WP output, higher requirements are put forward for the voltage stability of each node of the regional power grid, and various reactive power compensation devices (RPCDs) need to be rationally configured to meet the stable operation requirements of the system. This paper proposes an optimal configuration method for multi-type RPCDs in regional power grids with a high proportion of WP. The RPCDs are located according to the proposed static voltage stability index (VSI) and dynamic VSI based on dynamic voltage drop area, and the optimal configuration model of RPCDs is constructed with the lowest construction cost as the objective function to determine the installed capacity of various RPCDs. Finally, the corresponding regional power grid model for intensive access to WFs is constructed on the simulation platform to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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Keywords

Wind power; reactive power compensation device; optimal configuration model; voltage stability

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