Controllers for voltage source converters

Author

Agrawal, Sanjay ; Geetha, R.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron., BMS Coll. of Eng., Bangalore, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-11 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The power system is dependent on control of power and voltage for its stability and reliability. Voltage Source Converter (VSC) technology has the advantage of being able to almost instantly change its working point within its capability limit. Due to this advantage, VSC can be used to support the system to maintain active power or output voltage constant during load variation. To achieve this, Proportional Integral (PI) controllers are used for its simplicity and robustness. In this paper mathematical model for Voltage Source Converter is developed. PI based controllers are developed for constant DC voltage as well as constant DC power for load variation. In addition to analysis of the mathematical model of the VSC, the controller performance analysis is also carried out for Two and Three level converter. The results are compared in terms of the THD and the controller parameters. Simulation is carried out in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment.

Keywords

PI control; power convertors; power system reliability; power system stability; voltage control; MATLAB-SIMULINK environment; PI based controllers; THD; VSC; constant DC power; constant DC voltage; load variation; power control; power system; proportional integral controllers; reliability; stability; three level converter; two level converter; voltage source converter controllers; Control systems; Load management; Mathematical model; Power conversion; Rectifiers; Voltage control; Proportional Integral (PI); Pulse Width Modulated Voltage Source Converter (PWM VSC); Three level VSC; two level VSC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Communication, Control, Signal Processing & Computing Applications (C2SPCA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1082-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/C2SPCA.2013.6749366

Filename

6749366