D-STATCOM control system and operation in a configuration of Premium Power Park

Abstract

The basic concept of a Premium Power Park (PPP) is to ensure better power supply quality level than the standard one offered by the distribution system and also diversified levels depending on customers' needs, thanks to the use of different kind of Custom Power devices (CUSPO). The CUSPO are power electronics devices that are able to compensate voltage dips on critical loads dynamically and voltage variations due to disturbing loads. The efficiency of these devices depends on the efficiency of the control technique implemented in the inverter. The paper deals with the simulations of a possible configuration of Premium Power Park (PPP), studied by ERSE in the frame of the Research Fund for the Italian Electrical System, focusing on a D-STATCOM control system and operating condition in the studied PPP.