Circuit-level comparison of STATCOM technologies

Author

Lee, C.K. ; Leung, J.S.K. ; Hui, S.Y.R. ; Chung, H.S.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, China

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

15-19 June 2003

Firstpage

1777

Abstract

This paper performs a circuit-level evaluation of four modern STATCOM systems, namely true-48-pulse and quasi-48-pulse STATCOMs, cascade multilevel and binary multilevel inverters. The comparison is based on a number of factors including circuit topology, harmonic distortion, system losses, GTO quantities, their specific applications and other considerations. The theoretical results are verified by simulation with the use of MATLAB-simulink power system blockset.

Keywords

compensation; flexible AC transmission systems; harmonic distortion; invertors; power system harmonics; power transmission lines; reactive power control; static VAr compensators; thyristor convertors; FACTS; GTO quantities; H-bridge; MATLAB-simulink power system blockset; STATCOM systems; STATCOM technology; SVC; binary multilevel inverters; cascade multilevel inverter; circuit topology; circuit-level comparison; circuit-level evaluation; harmonic distortion; quasi-48-pulse STATCOM; simulation; system losses; true-48-pulse STATCOM; Automatic voltage control; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Flexible AC transmission systems; Inverters; Power system stability; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialist Conference, 2003. PESC '03. 2003 IEEE 34th Annual

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7754-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2003.1217724

Filename

1217724