• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.285-288
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• 2001

In this paper we proposed the on line volt/var control schemes of the load Tap Changer (LTC) transformer and shunt capacitor bank for distribution volt/var regulation. In the existing volt/var control of the distribution substation, the voltage of feeders and var of distribution systems is mainly controlled by the LTC transformer tap position and on/off status of the shunt capacitor. The LTC and shunt capacitor bank has discrete operation characteristics and therefore it is very difficult to control volt/var at the distribution networks within the satisfactory levels. Also there is limitation of the operation times of the LTC and shunt capacitor bank because it is affects on their functional lifetime. The proposed volt/var control algorithm determine an optimal tap position of LTC and on/off status of shunt capacitors at a distribution network with the multiple feeders. The mathematical equations of the proposed method are introduced. Simple case study was performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.399-402
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• 2003

In this paper, the on line volt/var control algorithms of the food Load Tap Changer (LTC) transformer and Shunt Capacitor(SC) are proposed for distribution volt/var regulation. In the existing volt/var control of the distribution substation, the voltage of feeders and var of distribution systems is mainly controlled by the LTC transformer tap position and on/off status of the shunt capacitor. The LTC and shunt capacitor bank has discrete operation characteristics and therefore it is very difficult to control volt/var at the distribution networks within the satisfactory levels. Also there is limitation of the operation times of the LTC and shunt capacitor bank because it is affects on their functional lifetime. The proposed volt/var control algorithm determine an optimal tap position of LTC and on/off status of shunt capacitors at a distribution network with the multiple feeders. The mathematical equations of the proposed method are introduced. Simple case study was performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.443-445
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 22.9kV급 Shunt Capacitor Bank 내부 고장으로 인한 불평형 요소를 검출하기 위하여 기존의 차동전압의 크기만을 이용한 보호 방식을 검토하고, 이 보호 방식에서 발생되는 여러 문제점들을 해결하기 위한 개선 방안을 제안한다. 기존의 차동전압의 크기를 이용한 보호 방식에서는 인입단 근처에서의 고저항 아크 고장이나 접지단 근처에서의 지락 고장 등에 의해 Capacitor 소자에 손상을 입을 수 있지만, 이에 대한 고장 판정이 용이하지 않다. 따라서 이를 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 차동전압의 주파수 계전 방식 및 접지단 전압 등을 도입하였다. 특히, 주파수 계전 요소를 도입할 경우에 비선형 부하 둥으로부터 발생되는 고조파의 영향이 없다는 것을 입증하여 부하의 종류와는 무관하게 본 논문에서 제안한 방법이 적용될 수 있음을 보였다 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘은 사례 연구를 통하여 그 타당성이 입증되었다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.62 no.11
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• pp.1511-1519
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• 2013

This paper proposes the allocation method for capacitor-reactor banks in a distribution system with dispersed generators to reduce the installation costs, the maintenance costs and minimize the loss of electrical energy. The expected lifetime and maintenance period of devices with moving parts depends on the total number of operations, which affects the replacement and maintenance period for aging equipment under a limited budget. In this paper, the expected device lifetimes and the maintenance period are included in the formulation, and the optimal operation status of the devices is determined using a genetic algorithm. The optimal numbers and locations for capacitor-reactor banks are determined based on the optimal operation status. Simulation results in a 69-bus distribution system with the dispersed generator show that the proposed technique performs better than conventional methods.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.320-329
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• 2012

The Load Tap Changing (LTC) transformer and Shunt Capacitor (SC) bank are major devices for voltage and reactive power control in a distribution substation. Thus, the coordination operation of a LTC transformer and a SC bank is required to achieve better voltage and reactive power compensation at a distribution substation in the same time. This paper proposes coordinate control method of LTC transformer and SC bank to achieve better voltage and reactive power compensation and operation times of these two devices in the same time. The mathematical formulations of the proposed coordinate control method are introduced. Sample case studies are shown to verify the effectiveness of the proposed coordinate control method.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.52 no.9
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• pp.448-453
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• 2003

In this paper the controlled closing algorithm of the circuit breaker for isolated capacitor banks is proposed. The characteristics of circuit breakers such as RDDS(rate of decrease of dielectric strength) and a mechanical operating tolerance should be also taken into account to locate contact touch instants around voltage zero. The analysis results on the voltages across circuit breaker terminals upon closing operation play an important roles to describe the suggested method. The simulations carried out in order to verify the performance of this method show that the closing instants obtained from the proposed method provide a good suppression effect on the closing transients for both single and back-to-back capacitor banks.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.313-319
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• 2014

The objectives of power system operations are to preserve system stability and reliability as well as to supply proper electric power. For an activation of these objectives, voltage and reactive power should be considered. There are a number of types about reactive power sources, and an insertion of shunt capacitor banks are one of the method to support bus voltage adjacent. This paper includes the design procedure to determine the hybrid type capacitor bank configurations on power system to improve stability and reliability. This procedure includes the capacitor bank capacity calculation, reactor type selection, and reactor capacity calculation. The total capacity calculation of capacitor bank is based on the reactive power margin which is calculated through system studies such as, contingency analysis and Q-V analysis. In the second step, the reactor type and its capacity can be determined through the harmonic analysis. This paper shows that the harmonics are decreased by the proposed hybrid type capacitor bank, especially 5th and 7th harmonics.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.61-66
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• 2005

This paper presents a refined protection algorithm of the unfused 22.9kV shunt capacitor banks in grounded wye connection to improve the existing algorithm using the voltage difference method. It is difficult to detect ground faults with arc near the input points or ground faults near the grounding point by the existing algorithm using only the voltage balanced relay. This paper shows that ground faults with arc near the input point can be detected by harmonics analysis of the differential voltage and that it has no impact of harmonics out of nonlinear loads which have the quantitative influence on capacitor banks. Thus the proposed method using harmonics analysis can be a proper detection method. In case of ground faults near the grounding point, an OVGR is being added recently and its validity is verified in this paper. The proposed method is applied to a 22.9kV example system and is verified that the proposed algorithm can detect clearly faults which are not easy to detect by the existing method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.11b
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• pp.329-334
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• 2002

우리나라 전력계통의 특성상 남부의 전원단과 수도권의 부하중심단과의 거리가 존재하여 안정적인 계통전압제어에 어려움이 존재한다. 이러한 계통전압제어의 어려움을 극복하기 위해 154kV 계통에 SC Bank를 설치 운용중에 있다. 운전 환경상 차단기의 투입과 차단이 잦은 154kV SC Bank에 리액터가 소손되는 등의 문제점이 발생하고 있어 154kV SC Bank의 써지응답특성을 규명하고 차단기의 투입차단시 발생하는 써지전류의 저감에 대한 연구의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 154kV SC Bank를 대상으로하여 현장조사와 현장실증을 통해 써지전류를 측정하고, 모의를 통해 써지응답특성을 규명하였다. 그 결과, 차단기의 접점의 상태와 피뢰기의 동작여부에 의해 써지전류가 크게 영향을 받는다는 점을 확인하였다. 154kV SV Bank를 대상으로 한 현장시험과 서지응답특성의 분석결과를 기본으로 하여 피뢰기의 영향과 차단기의 투입차단 영향을 최소화하는 방안으로 피뢰기의 분리운전으로 전류재단현상을 막아 급준써지전류의 발생을 억제하고 저항투압방식의 차단기로 써지전류를 30%이하로 억제할 수 있음을 실증과 모의로 확인하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.3
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• pp.525-530
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• 2010

Installation of FACTS(Flexible AC Transmission System) device can maximize utilization of existing power facilities and reliability of power system. STATCOM has excellent characteristics in operating cost, maintaining facilities, loss and so on. However, STATCOM has a disadvantage of facility cost over capacity. So it is effective to coordinate STATCOM and existing external bank(capacitor and reactor) and OLTC(On Load Tap Changer). This paper mainly proposes coordinative control method between STATCOM installed within substation and other reactive power resources including Shunt Reactors and Shunt Capacitors and OLTC for voltage stability improvement. The proposed coordinative control method is developed for the STATCOM of Mi-gum substation and the simulation results of EMTP/RV model show the effectiveness of the proposed method.