Review of the control strategies applied to magnetically controlled shunt reactor

Nowadays, magnetically controlled shunt reactors (MCSRs)have been widely used to solve the problems of the power quality. MCSR can simplify the system reactive power and voltage control in the super / special high-voltage power grid, suppress power frequency and operation over voltage, eliminating generator self excitation, dynamically compensate charging the power in a transmission line, suppress the secondary arc current, damping system resonance and so on. This paper presents a comprehensive review of MCSR control strategies. It is aimed at providing a broad perspective on the status of MCSR technology to the researchers and the application engineers dealing with power quality issues. A list of more than 50 research publications on the subject is also appended for a quick reference.