Analysis of start-up process and implementation of start-up protection of a large synchronous condenser
DOI:DOI: 10.19783/j.cnki.pspc.191490
Key Words:synchronous condenser  reactive power compensation  SFC  start-up process  start-up protection
Author NameAffiliation
LI Zhijian 1. NARI Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211106, China
2. NARI Group Corporation (State Grid Electric Power Research Institution), Nanjing 211106, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Smart Grid Protection and Control, Nanjing 211106, China 
WU Chonghao 1. NARI Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211106, China
2. NARI Group Corporation (State Grid Electric Power Research Institution), Nanjing 211106, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Smart Grid Protection and Control, Nanjing 211106, China 
WAN Luofei 1. NARI Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211106, China
2. NARI Group Corporation (State Grid Electric Power Research Institution), Nanjing 211106, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Smart Grid Protection and Control, Nanjing 211106, China 
PAN Shuyan 1. NARI Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211106, China
2. NARI Group Corporation (State Grid Electric Power Research Institution), Nanjing 211106, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Smart Grid Protection and Control, Nanjing 211106, China 
WANG Huazhen 1. NARI Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211106, China
2. NARI Group Corporation (State Grid Electric Power Research Institution), Nanjing 211106, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Smart Grid Protection and Control, Nanjing 211106, China 
LI Wei 1. NARI Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211106, China
2. NARI Group Corporation (State Grid Electric Power Research Institution), Nanjing 211106, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Smart Grid Protection and Control, Nanjing 211106, China 
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Abstract:Recently, more attention has been paid to the large synchronous condenser as the problem of “strong DC and weak AC” is becoming increasingly serious. The 300 Mvar large synchronous condenser has been put into service in many converter stations in China. Because of the particularity of the start-up mode of a synchronous condenser, the start-up protection of the turbo-generator, hydro-generator and pumped-storage-generator is not fully applicable to the synchronous condenser. It is necessary to study the start-up process and protection configuration and algorithms of the synchronous condenser. Its start-up stage and characteristics of three-phase fault current are analyzed in the start-up process by comparing different types of generator units. A more reliable and faster start-up protection is proposed, including main transformer start-up quick-break protection and excitation transformer start-up differential protection. A method of phase angle and amplitude correction is presented. This is also suitable for wide frequency and wide voltage. The simulation results show that the error of amplitude calculation is clearly improved and meets the requirement of protection accuracy. This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1866603).
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