• B. Bhaskar
• S. Suresh

This paper presents novel technologies for utilization of PV solar farm inverter in night time for providing multiple benefits to power systems, as well as accomplishing the same objectives during the daytime from the inverter capacity left after production of real power. The new technology transforms a solar farm inverter functionally into a dynamic reactive power compensator known as STATCOM, and termed PVSTATCOM. Novel PVSTATCOM control is employed to significantly enhance the power transfer limit of a long transmission line both in the nighttime and also during daytime even when the solar farm is producing a large amount of real power. This technology can open up new avenues for solar farms to earn revenues apart from the sale of real power.

Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Farms, Inverter Modeling, STATCOM, PV-STATCOM, Reactive Power Compensation, Voltage Control, Damping Control

"PV Solar Farm as STATCOM(PV-STATCOM) for Increasing Grid Power", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.13-16, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807604.pdf

"PV Solar Farm as STATCOM(PV-STATCOM) for Increasing Grid Power", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp13-16, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807604.pdf