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+
π
Inductive
XC − X L λ 2 −1
where λ is a design parameter which will be described later. 180º
A variant of the vernier-control mode is the capacitive- αL αr αC
α
90º
Capacitive
li m lim
vernier-control mode, in which the TCSC is restricted to
operate in the capacitive region by constraining the firing
angle in the range αMIN≤α≤180º. In this operating mode, the
effective capacitive reactance of the TCSC can be boosted
substantially, as shown in Fig. 2. The boost effect is a α C < α < 1 80 °
lim
consequence of the TCR current injection during Fig. 2. TCSC steady-state reactance characteristic
conduction, which circulates in the TCSC loop in addition
to the line current, thus creating an additional voltage across B. Basic TCSC Control
the series capacitor. From the system viewpoint the The following basic control methodologies were
increased capacitor voltage appears like an additional considered in the study:
voltage source connected in series with the transmission line • Open-loop reactance control (fixed firing angle)
(boost effect). This additional voltage can be controlled • Closed-loop current control
once per half cycle through firing angle control, allowing a
The simplest form of controlling the TCSC is by setting
controllable series reactance.
the reference of series compensation level to a fixed value.
The Boost factor (KB) is defined as the quotient of
This is referred to as open-loop reactance control. The
fundamental effective reactance (XTCSC) and capacitive
controller outputs a reactance-order signal that is linearized
reactance of TCSC without thyristors conduction (XC):
to obtain the necessary firing angle; then, the firing-angle
signal is transmitted to the firing control system, which
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electrical network, generator electrical parameters and unbounded torsional oscillations are observed. The result
spring-mass system are found in [25]. The IEEE(2.2) model obtained with the electromagnetic transient program
is used to represent the generator electrical system. The PSCAD/EMTDC is shown in the same figure. The plots are
generator is further equipped with a DC rotating exciter visually coincident.
(IEEE type DC1A), with the following parameters:
B. Influence of Proportion of FSC and TCSC (KTCSC)
K a = 46 pu/pu, Ta = 0.06 s, Tb = Tc = 0 s, Te = 0.46 s
In practical TCSC applications the total series
K f = 0.1 pu/pu, T f = 1.0 s, Aex = 0.014 , Bex = 1.55 compensation level (XCT) is usually obtained by combining
Tr = 0.55 s, VR MIN
= −0.9 pu, VR
MAX
= 1.0 pu the controllable compensation with fixed series
A TCSC comprising a fixed capacitor and a TCR is compensation due to economical and reliability
incorporated in the system as part of the total series requirements. In this paper, the proportion of TCSC
compensation. All system components were implemented in compensation in relation to the total series compensation
PacDyn [26] that allows small-signal stability analysis will be denoted by KTCSC=XTCSC/XCT. The proportion of
regarding electromechanical oscillations and TCSC and FSC together with the operation characteristics
subsynchronous resonance using descriptor systems and s- of the TCSC are the main factors which influences the
domain modeling of network dynamics. subsynchronous behavior of the total series compensation
equipment.
V. STUDY RESULTS
As the reactance XFSC is increased, the frequency of the The choice of TCSC main circuit parameters is based on
subsynchronous network mode is reduced, while the the following procedure:
frequency of the supersynchronous network mode is - Select a total series compensation level (XCT).
increased. Whenever the frequency of the network - Chose the percentage of fixed and controllable
subsynchronous mode approaches the frequency of a compensation, obtaining the effective reactances of
torsional mode, they strongly interact. The net effect is that FSC (XFSC) and TCSC (XTCSC).
the subsynchronous pole shifts to the left while the torsional - Chose the value of KB. Using equation (2), determine
pole shifts to the right and some of them may become the TCSC capacitor (XC).
unstable. This adverse interaction is result of SSR from - Chose the value of λ. Using equation (3), calculate the
torsional interaction (TI) mechanism. Only torsional mode 1 TCSC reactor (XL).
shifts to the right side of the s-plane as XFSC is increased, For the computation of the system poles and their
while the other torsional modes are stable for the whole respective modal dampings using the TCSC model
series compensation range. described in item III, it is necessary the determination of the
system reduced order model. The transfer function between
the generator speed and the mechanical power, that is
H ( s ) = ω ( s ) Pmec ( s ) , was used as a basis for the reduced
order model determination. The dominant poles are
calculated using a specific dominant pole algorithmic for
Y(s) [24].
Fig. 7 shows the effect of KTCSC on the subsynchronous
damping of torsional mode 1 (24.6 Hz) for the benchmark
Fig. 5. Root-Locus of XFSC
system. The total series compensation degree was chosen to
be 52.1% with TCSC designed with KB=1.5 and λ=2.5 for
Fig. 6 shows the time domain simulation results for a all cases. Fig. 8 shows the frequency of the network
0.02 pu step disturbance applied to the synchronous subsynchronous mode for each case. It is shown that the
machine mechanical power (ΔPmec) for a capacitive TCSC detunes the frequency of the subsynchronous mode
reactance of XFSC=0.0417 pu (XFSC/XL=52.1%), which from that of the torsional mode 1 of the turbine-generator
represents the most critical value of XFSC for the first (24.6 Hz) thus minimizing SSR effects.
torsional mode. The monitored variable is the generator The time domain results for a step disturbance at
rotor speed deviation (ΔωGEN). The system is unstable and mechanical power are shown in Fig. 9 (KTCSC=10%) and
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0,00%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Modal Damping (%)
-0,05%
Fig. 10. Time domain result for series compensation level of 52.1%
-0,10% (FSC=50%, TCSC=50%, KB=1.5 and λ=2.5) – Stable
-0,15%
-0,20%
-0,25%
-0,30%
TCSC Compensation (% )
Fig. 7. Effect of the proportion of TCSC to FSC on the damping of
torsional mode 1 (KB=1.5 and λ=2.5)
60
55
52,1
50
Frequency (Hz)
Fig. 11. Enlarged view of time domain result for series compensation level
45 43,0 of 52.1% (FSC=90%, TCSC=10%, KB=1.5 and λ=2.5) – 0 to 2 seconds
40
36,9
35
31,6
30
26,8
25 24,6
20
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
TCSC Compensation (% )
Fig. 12. Enlarged view of time domain result for series compensation level
of 52.1% (FSC=50%, TCSC=50%, KB=1.5 and λ=2.5) – 4 to 6 seconds
-0,08% -0,010%
-0,10% -0,015%
1,00 1,25 1,50 1,75 2,00 2,25 2,50 0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Fig. 13. Effect of Boost Factor parameter on the damping of torsional mode Fig. 15. Effect of PLL parameters on the damping of torsional mode 1
1 (FSC=50% and TCSC=50%) (FSC=50%, TCSC=50%, λ=1.5 and KB=2.5)
0,005%
-0,01% 0,000%
-0,005%
-0,02% -0,010%
-0,015%
-0,03% -0,020%
1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 -0,025%
Lambda
-0,030%
Kb=1.2 Kb=1.5 Kb=2.0 0,00 0,05 0,10 0,15 0,20 0,25 0,30
Fig. 14. Effect of λ parameter on the damping of torsional mode 1 Current Controller Proportional Gain (Kp)
(FSC=50%, TCSC=50%) Ki=0.5 Ki=1.0 Ki=1.5
E. Influence of Phase-Locked Loop Parameters Fig. 16. Effect of Current Controller parameters on the damping of
torsional mode 1 (FSC=50%, TCSC=50%, λ=1.5 and KB=2.5)
The thyristor firing pulse generation method has a strong
effect on subsynchronous behaviour of TCSC [2]. In this G. Subsynchronous Damping Controller (SSDC)
paper, a very simple PLL model was used. Although more
In the previous sections, it was shown that the TCSC can
sophisticated firing pulse generation methods are available
damp SSR without specific controller depending on main
[27], this exercise is done to demonstrate that the
circuit design and basic controller settings. However, it
synchronization circuit can cause growing oscillations even
would be better if a TCSC with smaller ratings could
without any closed-loop control systems. The PLL transfer
stabilize the system, resulting in a lower cost solution.
function is defined by equations (14) and (15).
Therefore, a simple Subsynchronous Damping Controller
Fig. 15 shows the effect of PLL parameters on the modal
(SSDC) was added to the reactance-order signal to try to
damping of the first torsional mode. For all cases,
stabilize torsional mode 1 for lower levels of controllable
KTCSC=50%, KB=1.5 and λ=2.5. In the previous sections,
series compensation using open-loop reactance control.
PLL circuit used a PI controller with KP_PLL=50 and
Fig. 17 shows the block diagram of the simple SSDC
KI_PLL=500. It is shown that the synchronization system
proposed in this work to damp SSR. The controller uses
response affects the subsynchronous behavior of TCSC.
generator speed as input signal. The input signal is filtered
and subtracted from the non-filtered signal to prevent
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