Static series synchronous compenstion devices, e.g. smart wires

The series compensation devices inject a voltage in quadrature of the line voltage in order to control active and reactive power flows.

Parameters

Set of parameters used to model static series synchronous compenstion devices as defined in the input data

namesymb.unittypedefaultdefinition
index$sc$-Int-unique index of the sereies compensator
f_bus$i$-Int-unique index of the bus to which the series compensator is originating from
t_bus$j$-Int-unique index of the bus to which the series compensator is terminating at
sssc_r$r_{sssc}$p.u.Real-resistance of the series compensator
sssc_x$x_{sssc}$p.u.Real-inductance of the series compensator
rate_a$\overline{S_{sssc}}$MVAReal-long term rating of series compensator
rate_b$\overline{S^{st}_{sssc}}$MVAReal-short term term rating of series compensator
rate_c$\overline{S^{em}_{sssc}}$MVAReal-emergency rating of series compensator
sssc_status$\delta_{sssc}$-Int-status indicator of series compensator
vqmin$\underline{v_{q}}$p.u.Real-minimum quadrature voltage
vqmax$\overline{v_{q}}$p.u.Real-maximum quadrature voltage

Variables

Optimisation variables representing SSSC behaviour

namesymb.unitformulationdefinition
vqsssc$v_{q}$p.u.ACP, ACRVoltage injected in quadrature
alphaqsssc$\alpha_{q}$radDCPEquivalent phase angle shift induced by SSSC
psssc$p_{sc,i,j}$p.u.ACP, ACR, DCPActive power flow through SSSC
qsssc$q_{sc,i,j}$p.u.ACP, ACRReactive power flow through SSSC

Constraints

Flow, voltage, angle limits

Active, reactive, and apparent power limits:

\[\begin{align} - \overline{S_{sssc}} \leq p_{sc,i,j} \leq \overline{S_{sssc}} \\ - \overline{S_{sssc}} \leq q_{sc,i,j} \leq \overline{S_{sssc}} \\ p_{sc,i,j}^{2} + q_{sc,i,j}^{2} \leq \overline{S_{sssc}}^{2} \end{align}\]

Voltage range for the induced quadrature voltage:

\[\begin{align} \underline{v_{q}} \leq v_{q} \leq \overline{v_{q}} \end{align}\]

Range for equivalent phase angle shift:

\[\begin{align} -atan(\underline{v_{q}}) \leq \alpha_{q} \leq atan(\overline{v_{q}}) \end{align}\]

Constraints

SSSC admittance

\[\begin{align} g_{sssc} = \Re{\frac{1} {r_{sssc} + j \cdot x_{sssc}}} \\ b_{sssc} = \Im{\frac{1} {r_{sssc} + j \cdot x_{sssc}}} \\ \end{align}\]

Ohm's law

ACP model:

\[\begin{align} v_{i}^{*} &= \sqrt{v_{i}^{2} + 2 \cdot v_{i} \cdot v_{q} + v_{q}^{2}} \\ \theta_{i}^{*} &= atan(\frac{v_{i} \cdot sin(\theta_{i}) + v_{q}}{v_{i} \cdot cos(\theta_{i})}) \end{align}\]

\[\begin{align} p_{sc,i,j} &= g_{sssc} \cdot (v^{*}_{i})^{2} - g_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot cos(\theta_{i}^{*} - \theta_{j}) - b_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot sin(\theta_{i}^{*} - \theta_{j}) \\ q_{sc,i,j} &= -b_{sssc} \cdot (v^{*}_{i})^{2} + b_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot cos(\theta_{i}^{*} - \theta_{j}) - g_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot sin(\theta_{i}^{*} - \theta_{j}) \\ \end{align}\]

\[\begin{align} p_{j,i,sc} &= g_{sssc} \cdot (v_{j})^{2} - g_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot cos(\theta_{j} - \theta_{i}^{*}) - b_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot sin(\theta_{j} - \theta_{i}^{*}) \\ q_{j,i,sc} &= -b_{sssc} \cdot (v_{j})^{2} + b_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot cos(\theta_{j} - \theta_{i}^{*}) - g_{sssc} \cdot v^{*}_{i} \cdot v_{j} \cdot sin(\theta_{j} - \theta_{i}^{*}) \\ \end{align}\]

ACR model:

\[\begin{align} \underline{v_{i}^{*}} &= \underline{v_{i}} + j \cdot v_{q} \\ p_{sc,i,j} &= g_{sssc} \cdot (v_{i}^{*})^{2}- g_{sssc} \cdot (\Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) - b_{sssc} \cdot (\Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) \\ q_{sc,i,j} &= -b_{sssc} \cdot (v_{i}^{*})^{2} + b_{sssc} \cdot (\Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) - g_{sssc} \cdot (\Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) \\ \end{align}\]

\[\begin{align} p_{j,i,sc} &= g_{sssc} \cdot (v_{j})^{2}- g_{sssc} \cdot (\Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) - b_{sssc} \cdot (\Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) \\ q_{j,i,sc} &= -b_{sssc} \cdot (v_{j})^{2} + b_{sssc} \cdot (\Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) - g_{sssc} \cdot (\Im{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Re{\underline{v_{j}}} + \Re{\underline{v_{i}^{*}}} \cdot \Im{\underline{v_{j}}}) \\ \end{align}\]

DCP model:

\[\begin{align} p_{sc,i,j} &= - b_{sssc} \cdot (\theta_{i} - \theta_{j} - \alpha_{q}) \\ p_{sc,i,j} + p_{j,i,sc} &= 0 \end{align}\]