Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
The effect
of the Static Var Compensator (SVC) on the transient stability of the Nigerian
330kV power transmission network connecting Afam to Port Harcourt was the main
focus of this study. Software called the Electrical Transient Analyzer Program
(ETAP) was used to create the network's single-line diagram and simulation. The
experiment involved a thyristor-controlled reactor fixed capacitor (TCR-FC)
type SVC. To allow for network instability, a three-phase short circuit fault
was created in bus 5 at 0.8 seconds. At 0.9 seconds, the circuit breakers
opened to clear the fault. The transient stability plot in figure 3 without SVC
installation and before fault initiation at 0.8 seconds revealed that the
system was running at synchronous speed with a rotor angle of 61.08 electrical
degrees between 0.00 and 0.79 seconds. The rotor angle then climbed to 64.5
electrical degrees when the fault was first detected at 0.8 seconds. As seen
from the first swing in figures 4 and 8, the addition of SVC of 75 MVAR rating at
bus 12 reduced the maximum power angle deviation during a fault, from 64.5
electrical degrees (without SVC) to 64.1 electrical degrees (with SVC). This
demonstrates how SVC significantly improved the transient stability of the
network. By reducing the maximum power-angle deviation, the use of SVC will
help maintain synchronism in some grave situations, such as more severe
failures.
Country : Nigeria
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2023 pp. 37-44