Authors : S. Mani Kuchibhatla, D. Padmavathi and R. Srinivasa Rao
Abstract: Wind energy is an affluent renewable energy source that can be able to nourish isolated electric loads and also grid connected ones. Wind energy schemes have the capacity to considerably lessen the utilization of fossil fuels used in the generation of electric energy. The power quality issues occur when the grid is interfaced with the wind energy and nonlinear loads. Flexible AC Transmission (FACTS) has been broadly used to improve power transfer capability and power quality improvement. This study presents FACTS based Static Switched Filter Compensation (SSFC) scheme and a Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) for handling power quality issues. The proposed controller helps in power quality improvement, voltage stabilization, power losses reduction and power factor enhancement. The validation is done using MATLAB/Simulink environment.
S. Mani Kuchibhatla, D. Padmavathi and R. Srinivasa Rao, 2018. Enhancement of Power Quality in Wind Connected Grid System using SSFC with Fuzzy Logic Controller. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 934-939.