A Comparative Study of Supercapacitor-Based STATCOM in a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System for Regulating Power Quality Issues

Muhammad Moin Afzal, Muhammad Adil Khan, Muhammad Arshad Shehzad Hassan, Abdul Wadood, Waqar Uddin, S. Hussain and Sang Bong Rhee
Additional contact information
Muhammad Moin Afzal: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Air University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Muhammad Adil Khan: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Air University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Muhammad Arshad Shehzad Hassan: Department of Engineering Technology, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
Abdul Wadood: Department of Electrical Engineering, Air University Islamabad Kamra Campus, Islamabad 43750, Pakistan
Waqar Uddin: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
S. Hussain: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University Montreal, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
Sang Bong Rhee: Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do 38541, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-26

Abstract: Renewable energy resources (RERs) play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gases, as well as balancing the power generation demand in daily life. Due to the high penetration of RERs and non-linear loads into utility power systems, various power quality issues arise, i.e., voltage drop, harmonic distortion, reactive power demand, etc. In order to handle these power quality issues, there is a need for smart flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) devices. In this paper, a super capacitor energy storage system (SCESS)-based static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is designed in order for the grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system to overcome the abovementioned power quality issues. A voltage controller and a d-q axis controller are used for the efficient performance of the STATCOM. In order to show the superiority of the supercapacitor, a detailed comparison is made between a battery energy storage system (BESS)-based STATCOM and a SCESS-based STATCOM. Four scenarios are studied to evaluate the performance of the proposed STATCOM design. The proposed SCESS-based STATCOM not only boosts the voltage but also stabilizes it from 368 V to 385 V (Ph-Ph rms ). The simulated results have confirmed that the proposed design is not only superior to a BESS-based STATCOM but also has the capability to overcome the power quality issues as well.

Keywords: STATCOM; SCESS; BESS; renewable energy resources; PV; d-q axis controller (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6781/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6781/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:17:p:6781-:d:402080

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().