Voltage Control and Reactive Power Planning - Study for SEC Southern Operating Area for 2019 System Plan

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Voltage Control and Reactive Power Planning - Study for SEC Southern Operating Area for 2019

client: CESI (Italy), SEC (KSA)

type: Prefeasibility study (Market, Transmission)

finishing date: July 2015

team: Consortium CESI (Italy) - EKC; EKC team: Predrag Miksa – Task Leader, I. Mihajlovic – Transmission system expert

Goal of the project is to propose reactive power compensation means in view of development of SEC transmission grid with focus on Southern Operating Area. Consultant should develop solutions for effective voltage and reactive power control taking into consideration future system and generation development for 2019 and in accordance with KSA Grid Code requirements and SEC planning standards. Аll analyses are performed using PSS/E tool.

Type of services provided:

  • Analyses of the development plans
  • Load flow and Voltage profile analyses
  • Static security analyses
  • Short circuit analyses
  • Reactive power compensation
  • OPF optimal placements of compensation
  • Ferranti effect analyses
  • PV/QV analyses
  • Dynamic and voltage stability analyses