Selection of dead angle of a three-level multipulse voltage source converter for power quality improvement in HVDC system

Author

Mohan, Dhanya Menoth ; Singh, Bhim ; Panigrahi, B.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Delhi, New Delhi, India

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper deals with the optimum dead angle operation of a three level 18-pulse voltage source converter (VSC) for power quality improvement in High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission system. The harmonics level of VSC is optimized by selecting proper dead angle (ÃŸ) of a three level 18-pulse voltage source converter operated at fundamental frequency switching. The effect of varying dead angle (ÃŸ) is also studied in detail and it is compared with two-level voltage source converter. The performance of the proposed converter is studied on various issues such as reactive power compensation, power factor correction and harmonics distortion. Simulation results are presented for this three level multipulse voltage source converter to demonstrate its steady state, dynamic and harmonics performance.

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; power supply quality; HVDC system; dead angle selection; harmonics distortion; high voltage DC transmission system; power factor correction; power quality improvement; reactive power compensation; three-level multipulse voltage source converter; Frequency conversion; HVDC transmission; Harmonic distortion; Power conversion; Power factor correction; Power quality; Reactive power; Steady-state; Switching converters; Voltage; Dead angle (β); Fundamental Frequency Switching; HVDC; Harmonics; Multipulse; Three-Level Voltage Source Converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems, 2009. ICPS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharagpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4330-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4331-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWS.2009.5442672

Filename

5442672