Title :
New configuration of 36-pulse voltage source converter for STATCOM application
Author :
Han, Byung-Moon ; Baek, Seung-Taek ; Ko, Jong-Sun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Myongji Univ., Yongin
Abstract :
This paper proposes a new configuration of 36-pulse voltage source converter for STATCOM application, composed of two 6-pulse bridges and a pulse-interleaving auxiliary circuit. The converter topology was devised to increase the number of pulses of the output voltage without increasing the number of 6-pulse bridges and coupling transformers. The operational feasibility of proposed system was verified by computer simulations with PSCAD/EMTDC software and experimental works with 2 kVA hardware prototype. The proposed converter can be widely used for the power quality compensator and the distributed power generation, such as solar and fuel cell power system
Keywords :
bridge circuits; digital simulation; power convertors; power system CAD; pulse circuits; static VAr compensators; transformers; 2 kVA; 36-pulse voltage source converter; 6-pulse bridges; PSCAD-EMTDC software; STATCOM application; computer simulation; coupling transformer; distributed power generation; power quality compensator; pulse-interleaving auxiliary circuit; Application software; Automatic voltage control; Bridge circuits; Circuit topology; Computer simulation; Coupling circuits; EMTDC; PSCAD; Pulse circuits; Pulse transformers;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 2005. IECON 2005. 31st Annual Conference of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9252-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2005.1569018
