Session RP1 - Poster Session VIII.
POSTER session, Thursday afternoon, October 30
Fran Hill Southeast Exhibit Hall, ACC
The basic requirements for the power supply of the Ignitor machine and the effects of its connection to the electric node of Rondissone, in the North-West of Italy, are described. This study identifies the possible technical restrictions associated with a flexible and meaningful operation of the Ignitor experiment. The study was carried out by GRTN, the Italian Independent power System Operator (ISO), taking into account two typical extreme conditions of the grid, at the highest (winter) load and at the lowest (summer) load. The worst scenario generates peak power consumption of about 1095 MW and 860 Mvar, as well as a peak power delivery of 428 MW. Results show that when the Ignitor machine operates at its normal conditions it doesn’t generate disturbances on the system frequency that exceed the allowable range +/- 0.2% (50%) prescribed by the GRTN grid code. The generated voltage interferences at the substation of Rondissone are acceptable. Local systems of reactive power compensation (SVC) are envisaged to minimize voltage disturbances.