Application of STATCOMs to wind farms

IEE Proceedings: Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 511-516

  Saad Saoud, Z ^a   Lisboa, M L ^a   Ekanayake, J B ^b   Jenkins, N ^a   Strbac, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Optimal reactive power flow; Reactive power control; Static compensator; Unity power factor control; Voltage control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION; REACTIVE POWER; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; WIND FARMS;

POWER CONTROL;

EID: 0032154508     PISSN: 13502360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-gtd:19982178     Document Type: Article

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