A REVIEW ON REACTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT IN POWER SYSTEM NETWORK

Abstract

The purpose of this review paper is to offer an examination of reactive power management in power system. Reactive power gives us the planning actions and operations requested for the improvement of voltage and voltage instability in power networks. This paper identifies the possible ways to reactive power compensation by voltage control to a specific level and improving stability of power system and increasing transmission capacity. The reactive power and steady state voltage in any distribution system could be appropriately managed by harmonizing the available voltage and reactive power control equipments. It begins with a survey of voltage stability and reactive power in the transmission, distribution and load, and the necessity of delivering the reactive power regionally. The illustrations of adopted managing properties of shunt power systems like Static VAR Compensator (SVC) – Static compensators of reactive power, STATCOM – type systems (static compensator), static reactive power generators and systems that combine both these solutions, which are indicated as SVC based on STATCOM were not overlooked.