Research on Optimal Allocation of Reactive Power Compensation in Offshore Wind Power Transmission System via AC Cable Based on Controllable Reactor

Abstract

The capacitance of submarine cables with the same length and the same voltage level is more than 20 times that of overhead lines, which makes the reactive power for AC transmission system of offshore wind power greatly increase and the power flow is complicated, and it is easier to produce a series of problems such as reactive power return, low power factor, increased network loss, and terminal voltage rise, which puts forward higher requirements for reactive power compensation configuration scheme. Combined with practical engineering cases, this paper introduces the reactive power and voltage characteristics of the sea breeze system, as well as the problems and shortcomings of conventional reactive power compensation schemes. Finally, the reactive power allocation optimization scheme based on the new magnetically controlled controllable reactor MCR is proposed, which has the technical and economic advantages of low running loss, saving investment and land occupation, etc. It can be used as a beneficial supplement to the reactive power allocation scheme for the transmission system of offshore wind power with AC cable and has the value of engineering popularization.