Fault Analysis in Power System by using Fuel Cell as STATCOM

Abstract

Today’s power industry faces lot of problem in maintaining the voltage stability and system
stability. Installation of compensating devices proves to be a solution. But the cost of
compensating devices adds burden to the consumer consumption changes. Hence, a new
method of utilizing fuel cell a renewable energy source as a compensating device is proposed
in this work. Fuel cell is modelled as Staic Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM)-a FACTS
compensating device. The ability of the fuel cell based STATCOM in improving the system
voltage stability and transient stability after a fault condition is also done in MATLAB
simulink environment.