IEEE 1303-2011

This document is a guide for field testing and commissioning of static var compensators (SVCs). As such, the document establishes general guidelines and criteria for field testing to verify the specified performance of SVC systems. Many clauses will be useful for compensator systems using gate turn-off (GTO) thyristor technology (static compensator [STATCOM]) or other semiconductor devices such as insulated gate commutated transistor (IGCT). This guide does not a) Cover factory and simulator tests of SVC system components (but it assumes that such tests have been performed beforehand). b) Discuss the division of responsibility between user and supplier, since this division is usually defined in the contract between buyer and supplier. Most often, however, the practice is for the equipment, subsystem, and commissioning tests to be performed by the supplier, and the acceptance tests to be performed by the buyer or user.