Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study

This paper investigates different approaches to improve the power transfer capability (PTC) of transmission lines. Study was performed on the Eastern Gold Fields (EGF) area of the Western Power network in Western Australia where power transfer to this area is currently enhanced using four saturable...

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Main Authors: Abu-Siada, Ahmed, Karunar, C.
Other Authors: István Erlich
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IFAC 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20265
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author Abu-Siada, Ahmed
Karunar, C.
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Abu-Siada, Ahmed
Karunar, C.
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description This paper investigates different approaches to improve the power transfer capability (PTC) of transmission lines. Study was performed on the Eastern Gold Fields (EGF) area of the Western Power network in Western Australia where power transfer to this area is currently enhanced using four saturable reactor types static var Compensators (SR SVCs) installed in this region. These SR SVCs have reached to the end of operational life and they are scheduled for replacement by different dynamic reactive power devices such as Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOMs) or Thyristor Controlled SVCs (TSVCs). Another proposed option to enhance the PTC to this area is by upgrading the 220 kV transmission line to 275 kV transmission line and / or using series capacitor compensation. This paper introduces technical and economical study for the aforementioned options and suggests a reliable and cost effective approach to improve the PTC to EGF area.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-202652017-09-13T16:08:10Z Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study Abu-Siada, Ahmed Karunar, C. István Erlich power transfer SVC transmission lines STATCOM This paper investigates different approaches to improve the power transfer capability (PTC) of transmission lines. Study was performed on the Eastern Gold Fields (EGF) area of the Western Power network in Western Australia where power transfer to this area is currently enhanced using four saturable reactor types static var Compensators (SR SVCs) installed in this region. These SR SVCs have reached to the end of operational life and they are scheduled for replacement by different dynamic reactive power devices such as Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOMs) or Thyristor Controlled SVCs (TSVCs). Another proposed option to enhance the PTC to this area is by upgrading the 220 kV transmission line to 275 kV transmission line and / or using series capacitor compensation. This paper introduces technical and economical study for the aforementioned options and suggests a reliable and cost effective approach to improve the PTC to EGF area. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20265 10.3182/20120902-4-FR-2032.00087 IFAC restricted
spellingShingle power transfer
SVC
transmission lines
STATCOM
Abu-Siada, Ahmed
Karunar, C.
Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study
title Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study
title_full Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study
title_fullStr Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study
title_full_unstemmed Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study
title_short Transmission line power transfer capability improvement: Case study
title_sort transmission line power transfer capability improvement: case study
topic power transfer
SVC
transmission lines
STATCOM
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20265