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Session
B4-6: FACTS - Application, Design, Control and Performance
Time:
Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025:
1:30pm - 3:30pm

 Location: Room 518BC
Session Topics:
B4 DC systems and power electronics

This session addresses various topics of FACTS devices.

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Presentations
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Riverton STATCOM: Grid-Forming Controls for a Robust Solution Under Changing System Conditions

Christian Winter1, Jessica Marshik1, Heinrich Von Geymueller2, Mateusz Gietz2, Joanne Hu3, Bruno Bisewski3

1Minnesota Power, United States of America; 2Siemens Energy, Germany; 3RBJ Engineering, Canada


1:45pm - 2:00pm

First Hybrid STATCOM Reactive Compensator on Hydro-Québec 735 kV Transmission System. Design, EMT Studies and Special Control Features.

Marc-Antoine Légaré1, Dany Fortin1, Mohamad Alawie1, Georg Pilz2, Lukas Friess2, Daniel Paul2, Colin Clark3

1Hydro-Québec, Canada; 2Siemens Energy, Germany; 3Siemens Energy, Canada


2:00pm - 2:15pm

Engineering Experience of MMC based Static Synchronous Condenser (MMC-SSC) with Grid Forming Capability

Nannan Wang, Rundong Lv, Chong Wang, Shunke Sui, Xiuda Ma

NR Electric Co., Ltd., China, People's Republic of


2:15pm - 2:30pm

A new STATCOM topology equipped with short-time energy storage and Grid Forming control for HV network voltage and frequency regulation

Gianluca Postiglione, Massimiliano Andreotti, Moreno Ripamonti, Claudio Finotti, Giovanni Borghetti, Oriol Gomis, Eduardo Prieto, Vinicius Albenraz Lacerda

Nidec Conversion, Italy


2:30pm - 2:45pm

Genetically Optimised Feedback Linearizing Control for STATCOM

Boniface CHIA1, Stella MORRIS2, P.K. Dash3

1Sarawak Energy Berhad, Malaysia; 2University Tunku Abdul Rahman; 3Siksha “O” Anusandhan University


2:45pm - 3:00pm

Application of STATCOM as a countermeasure for increasing the number of Switchgear openings and closings for the Reactive Power Supplier in the Hida-Shinano FC

Yuji Aihara, Shigenori Kakuno, Masahito Kaneko, Masanori Takechi

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc., Japan


3:00pm - 3:15pm

Improved STATCOM Ride-Through Performance in presence of GIC

Ardavan Mohammadhassani1, Mark McVey1, Zhibo Wang2, Sugiyama Hironori3, Seo Hiroki3

1Dominion Energy, United States of America; 2MEPPI, United States of America; 3MELCO, Japan


3:15pm - 3:30pm

Analytical Modelling and Measurement of Magnetic Flux in SVC Installations: A Case Study from Konjsko Substation

Ante Soldo1, Silvestar Šesnić2, Tonko Garma2, Boris Avramović1

1The independent Transmission System Operator in Croatia, Croatia (HOPS); 2University of Split, Croatia (FESB)