Solid state devices for active compensation in distribution systems: an integrated approach

Author

Álvarez, C. ; Blasco, R. ; Alamar, J. ; Montenegro, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

450

Abstract

The current technologies and applications in reactive power compensation, flicker compensation and harmonic filtering are analyzed in this paper, in the framework of the use of innovative power electronics devices to improve the quality of the power supply. The capability of a static compensator (STATCOM) for solving these problems as well as the characteristics and ratings of available commercial equipment is presented in the paper. Implementation issues are discussed by using the experience obtained in the development of a low voltage 22 kW prototype, where the proposed control strategies, suitable for medium voltage are presented

Keywords

compensation; harmonic distortion; harmonics suppression; power distribution control; power electronics; power supply quality; power system harmonics; reactive power control; static VAr compensators; 22 kW; STATCOM; distribution systems active compensation; flicker compensation; harmonic filtering; power electronics devices; power supply quality improvement; reactive power compensation; solid state devices; static compensator; Automatic voltage control; Filtering; Harmonic analysis; Power electronics; Power harmonic filters; Power supplies; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; STATCOM; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6499-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2000.897721

Filename

897721