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St<strong>or</strong>ed <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> “Distributed Mini FACTS” Controllers<br />
This energy st<strong>or</strong>age application is based on benefits <strong>of</strong> active power injection coupled<br />
with dynamic reactive power exchange <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> improved stability in the power system. The<br />
need <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> dynamic reactive power <strong>com</strong>pensation (“fast VARS”) as opposed to fixed <strong>or</strong><br />
mechanically switched capacit<strong>or</strong> banks have long been recognized as a way to improve<br />
T&D system stability and increase power transfer limits. This concept has been applied<br />
in large-scale inverter-based Flexible AC <strong>Transmission</strong> Systems (FACTS). These<br />
systems have the ability to affect changes <strong>of</strong> 10 to 100 MVAR and respond in less than<br />
one-quarter <strong>of</strong> a cycle and they have brought about a new way <strong>of</strong> thinking regarding<br />
active and reactive power.<br />
An example is the STATCOM, which outpaces switched passive capacit<strong>or</strong>s, react<strong>or</strong>s, and<br />
LTC trans<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>mers in rapid voltage regulation. STATCOM responds even faster than<br />
conventional generat<strong>or</strong>s, SVCs, <strong>or</strong> synchronous condensers, which in the past were the<br />
main supplier <strong>of</strong> “fast VAR” to the electric systems. Also, this type <strong>of</strong> dynamic reactive<br />
<strong>com</strong>pensation is better at supp<strong>or</strong>ting voltage during system contingencies than<br />
conventional capacit<strong>or</strong> banks that lose capacity when system voltage decreases, (See<br />
Figure 19).<br />
% Decrease in Capacit<strong>or</strong> VAR Output<br />
40%<br />
35%<br />
30%<br />
25%<br />
20%<br />
15%<br />
10%<br />
5%<br />
0%<br />
80% 85% 90% 95% 100%<br />
Line Voltage<br />
Figure 19 Loss <strong>of</strong> capacit<strong>or</strong> VAR output as a function <strong>of</strong> line voltage<br />
Combining energy st<strong>or</strong>age with FACTS controllers <strong>of</strong>fers three distinct advantages:<br />
1. <strong>Energy</strong> st<strong>or</strong>age devices can provide system damping while maintaining constant<br />
voltage following a system disturbance.<br />
2. <strong>Energy</strong> st<strong>or</strong>age increases the dynamic control range allowing the interchange <strong>of</strong> small<br />
amounts <strong>of</strong> real power with the system.<br />
3. Distributed energy st<strong>or</strong>age can maintain the speed <strong>of</strong> locally connected induction<br />
mot<strong>or</strong>s during a power system disturbance, thus helping to prevent a voltage collapse<br />
in areas where there is a large concentration <strong>of</strong> induction mot<strong>or</strong>s.<br />
An EPRI study [1] found that adding energy st<strong>or</strong>age (in this case, SMES) to a FACTS<br />
device increased the control leverage <strong>of</strong> the reactive power modulation <strong>of</strong> a FACTS<br />
device by 33% (i.e., operating the FACTS + energy st<strong>or</strong>age in four-quadrant, reactive<br />
plus real power mode provided 33% greater transmission enhancement). Figure 20<br />
shows the results <strong>of</strong> a study conducted by Siemens on the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> sh<strong>or</strong>t-term<br />
Electrochemical Capacit<strong>or</strong>s 41