| Series Editors’ Foreword | 7 |
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| Preface | 9 |
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| Acknowledgements | 12 |
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| Contents | 14 |
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| Abbreviations and Acronyms | 20 |
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| Introduction | 22 |
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| References | 26 |
| Part I | 28 |
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| Voltage Control Resources | 28 |
| Chapter-1 | 29 |
| Relationship Between Voltage and Active and Reactive Powers | 29 |
| 1.1 Grid Short Lines | 29 |
| 1.1.1 Reactive Power Transfer | 31 |
| 1.1.2 Losses | 32 |
| 1.2 Reactive Loads | 33 |
| 1.3 Grid Medium-Long Length Lines | 34 |
| 1.4 Grid as a Combination of Loads and Lines | 36 |
| References | 37 |
| Chapter-2 | 38 |
| Equipment for Voltage and Reactive Power Control | 38 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 38 |
| 2.2 Reactive Power Compensation Devices | 39 |
| 2.2.1 Shunt Capacitors | 39 |
| 2.2.2 Mechanically Switched Capacitors (MSC) | 40 |
| 2.2.3 Shunt Reactors | 41 |
| 2.2.4 Mechanically Switched Reactors (MSR) | 42 |
| 2.2.5 Multiple Compensation Device Operating Point | 43 |
| 2.3 Voltage and Reactive Power Continuous Control Devices | 45 |
| 2.3.1 Synchronous Generators | 45 |
| ECS with Exciting Dynamo | 46 |
| ECS with Alternator and Rotating Diodes | 47 |
| ECS with Static Exciter | 48 |
| ECS Model Parameters | 49 |
| Synchronous Generator as Reactive Power Source | 49 |
| 2.3.2 Synchronous Compensators | 55 |
| 2.3.3 SVG: Static VAR Generators | 57 |
| Thyristor-Controlled Reactor (TCR) | 58 |
| Thyristor-Switched Capacitor (TSC) | 59 |
| Fixed Capacitor and Thyristor Controlled Reactor (FC-TCR) | 61 |
| Thyristor-Switched Capacitor, Thyristor-Controlled Reactor (TSC-TCR) | 63 |
| 2.3.4 Static VAR Compensators (SVCs) | 66 |
| SVC Voltage Control Requirements | 67 |
| SVC Regulation Slope | 68 |
| 2.3.5 Static Compensators (STATCOMs) | 69 |
| STATCOM Voltage Control Requirements | 72 |
| STATCOM Regulation Slope | 74 |
| 2.3.6 Unified Power Flow Control (UPFC) | 74 |
| Fundamentals of the Shunt Voltage Source Converter | 76 |
| Fundamentals of the Series Voltage Source Converter | 77 |
| Fundamentals of the UPFC | 80 |
| UPFC Voltage Control Requirements | 85 |
| 2.4 Voltage and Reactive Power Discrete Control Devices: On-load Tap-changing Transformers | 87 |
| 2.4.1 Generalities | 87 |
| 2.4.2 Output Voltage Dependence on Current Turns Ratio | 88 |
| 2.4.3 Static Characteristic of the Transformer | 90 |
| 2.4.4 Link of Voltage, Reactive Power and Turns Ratio in OLTC Transformer Applications | 95 |
| Combined Use of OLTC and Reactive Power Injections in Transmission Networks | 95 |
| Radial Transmission/Distribution System with Two Cascaded OLTC Transformers | 99 |
| 2.4.5 Regulating Transformers | 101 |
| In-Phase Regulating Transformer (IPRT) | 101 |
| Phase-Shifting Transformers (PSTs) | 101 |
| 2.5 Conclusion | 103 |
| References | 104 |
| Chapter-3 | 106 |
| Grid Voltage and Reactive Power Control | 106 |
| 3.1 General Considerations | 106 |
| 3.2 Voltage-Reactive Power Manual Control | 110 |
| 3.2.1 Manual Voltage Control by Reactive Power Flow | 111 |
| 3.2.2 Manual Voltage Control by Network Topology Modification | 111 |
| 3.3 Voltage-Reactive Power Automatic Control | 111 |
| 3.3.1 Automatic Voltage Control by OLTC Transformer | 112 |
| 3.3.2 Automatic Voltage Control (AVR) of Generator Stator Edges | 115 |
| Linear Analysis of Generator Voltage Control Loop | 117 |
| 3.3.3 Automatic Voltage Control by Generator Line Drop Compensation (Compounding) | 124 |
| Objective of Compounding | 124 |
| Link Between Voltage and Reactive Power | 125 |
| Line Drop Compensation (Compounding) | 126 |
| Line Drop Compensation and Stability | 128 |
| Line Drop Compensation Simplified Feedback | 130 |
| 3.3.4 Generalities on Automatic High Side Voltage Control at a Substation | 131 |
| Voltage Control at a Substation | 132 |
| 3.3.5 Automatic High Side Voltage Control at a Power Plant | 133 |
| Principal Scheme | 133 |
| Model of the Power Plant | 133 |
| High Side Voltage Regulator | 137 |
| 3.3.6 Automatic Voltage-Reactive Power Control by SVC | 143 |
| SVC Voltage Regulation | 143 |
| SVC Voltage Control Drop | 146 |
| Dynamic Behaviour of SVC | 149 |
| Dynamic Behaviour of SVC Reactive Power Control | 153 |
| 3.3.7 Automatic Voltage-Reactive Power Control by STATCOM | 158 |
| STATCOM Grid Voltage Regulation | 159 |
| STATCOM Voltage Control Drop | 161 |
| Dynamic Behaviour of the STATCOM | 165 |
| Dynamic Behaviour of the STATCOM Reactive Power Control | 168 |
| 3.3.8 Automatic Voltage-Reactive Power Control by UPFC | 173 |
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