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5kV STATCOM MATLAB & Simulink Example MathWorks India
12MVA, 34.5kV STATCOM
This example shows a 12 MVA, 34.5 kV Static Synchronous Compensator
using 22 power modules per phase Open Model
Pierre Giroux (HydroQuebec)
Description
In electrical grids, shunt compensation is often used for reactive power and voltage control. This example models a shunt
compensation device that is increasingly used in modern grids: the ModularMultilevel(MMC) STATCOM. The MMC
STATCOM is built using the FullBridge MMC block to represent a power electronics converter of 22 modules per phase.
In order to speedup simulation while keeping simulation fidelity, the Switching Function model is selected.
Principle of Operation
The STATCOM can absorb or generate reactive power. The reactive power transfer is done through the phase reactance.
The converter generates a voltage in phase with the grid voltage. When the amplitude of the converter voltage is lower
than that of the grid voltage, the STATCOM acts like an inductance absorbing reactive power. When the amplitude of the
converter voltage is higher than that of the bus voltage, the STATCOM acts like a capacitor generating reactive power.
Simulation 1: Dynamic Response
Run the simulation and observe waveforms on Scope1. You can see that the simulation starts in steady state and that the
STATCOM operates in inductive mode following its setpoint Qref (5 Mvar ). At 0.1 second, the setpoint changes from 5
to +10 Mvar. The STATCOM control system reacts very rapidly to modify the inverter output voltage in order to generate
10 Mvar of reactive power (capacitive mode).
Simulation 2: LowLevel Control Capacitor Voltage Balancing
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In order to analyze the operation of the lowlevel control (DC voltage balancing) run the simulation with the following
changes:
1. Set the simulation time to 2 seconds.
2. Set the initial value of Qref (red Step block) to 10e6. With this modification, the setpoint will not change during the
simulation.
3. Set the Switching time of the red Breaker block to 1 second. This will produce a power unbalance at 1s by switchingin
a small resistive load on phase C only.
4. Run the simulation and observe some of the capacitors voltage on the Vc's & Vc_mean Scopes, located inside the
green Additional scopes subsystem. You can see that the lowlevel control system performs well to maintain the capacitor
voltages balanced.
5. Doubleclick on the blue LowLevel Control block and turnoff the Phase Balancing regulator of the DC voltage balancing
system. Run the simulation and notice that the STATCOM DC voltages balance between phases is lost when the load is
switchedin on phase C.
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