Reactive current control through SVC for load power factor correction

This paper discusses a new technique for controlling SVCs (Fixed Capacitor–Thyristor Controlled Reactor) in power systems with the aim of canceling the reactive current component of the load. A complete model of the SVC with its control circuit is set up and simulated in the EMTDC program. The generated harmonics from the proposed SVC controller are considered to design simple tuned filters to cancel the undesirable harmonic components. The effect of these filters is considered as well in the SVC control design, so that the reactive current component absorbed by the combination of the load, SVC, and filters is eliminated. The proposed control technique is compared with respect to a standard PI-based SVC controller. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.