Title :
A comparative study on the performance of custom power devices for power quality improvement
Author :
Farhoodnea, Masoud ; Mohamed, Amr ; Shareef, Hussain
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Electron., & Syst. Eng, Univ. Kebangsaan, Kebangsaan, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper presents a review on the performance of four series and parallel custom power devices (CPDs) including active voltage conditioner (AVC), active power conditioner (APC), dynamic voltage restorer (DVR), and distribution static synchronous compensator (D-STATCOM). The CPDs are simulated on the modified IEEE 16-bus radial distribution system using Matlab/Simulink software to investigate performance efficacy of each devices under various power quality (PQ) disturbances including voltage sags, voltage interruption, and harmonic distortions. The simulation results demonstrate that the effectiveness of each device to compensate different types of power quality disturbances toughly depends on the device´s arrangement and characteristics during PQ disturbances.
Keywords :
harmonic distortion; power distribution faults; power distribution reliability; power supply quality; power system restoration; static VAr compensators; APC; AVC; CPD; D-STATCOM; DVR; IEEE 16-bus radial distribution system; Matlab; PQ disturbances; Simulink software; active power conditioner; active voltage conditioner; custom power device; distribution static synchronous compensator; dynamic voltage restorer; harmonic distortion; power quality disturbance; power quality improvement; voltage interruption; voltage sags; Asia; Automatic voltage control; Interrupters; Performance evaluation; Power quality; Voltage fluctuations; Voltage measurement; Active voltage conditioner; D-STATCOM; DVR; active power conditioner; power quality; power quality disturbance;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
DOI :
10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2014.6873781
