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The chapter starts with a brief introduction of the STATCOM technology and then provides a number of typical applications of the STATCOM from around the world. Some application examples are general transmission system applications, where the purpose of the STATCOM is to regulate and support the ac voltage and to minimize the over- and undervoltages that may occur during various faults and event in the network, including the commutation failure of large HVDC schemes. Some examples demonstrate the ability to improve the power quality, e.g., due to disturbing loads such as arc furnaces, wind farms, single-phase tractions loads, etc. Some STATCOM applications demonstrate the capability of the STATCOM to damp power system oscillations and to increase the power capabilities of ac lines.
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Xu, S. et al. (2019). Application Examples of STATCOM. In: Nilsson, S. (eds) Flexible AC Transmission Systems . CIGRE Green Books. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71926-9_13-1
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