Journal of Electrical & Electronic Systems

Expansion of Power System Corridors Using Tier-1 Technique for Reactive Power Compensation

Abstract

Ezennaya SO, Ezechukwu OA, Anierobi CC and Akpe VA

This paper develops a novel strategy for the expansion of the power system corridors for the release of the embedded transmission capacity. Both theoretical and practical network models are presented with a focus on power flow studies which concentrates on the steady state or static behavior of electrical power system. The methodology involves the power flow analysis revalidation of the existing standard IEEE 14 bus system and simulation using Newton- Raphson method in both MATLAB and Powerworld simulator (PWS) environment. This paper therefore establishes that an original designed network could be modified to take more loads without building new generators or transmission lines. The expansion of the existing IEEE 14 bus network to accommodate more load involves the use of static compensators incorporated at the transmission lines. This technique is then analyzed extensively when distributed along the lines through the use of a distributed capacitors compensators, (DCC). DCC can affect significant change in power line impedance to improve the power transfer capacity of an interconnected power system. The application of the DCC on the line is the tier-1 technique. The results obtained show that by applyingthe tier-1 techniques to the transmission line, the system’s capacity will remarkably improve and the transmission line will accept extra loading.