Custom Power Interfaces for Renewable Energy Sources

Author

Rolim, L.G.B. ; Ortiz, A. ; Aredes, M. ; Pregitzer, R. ; Pinto, J.G. ; Afonso, Joao L.

Author_Institution

Fed. of Univ, of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

fYear

2007

fDate

4-7 June 2007

Firstpage

2673

Lastpage

2678

Abstract

Interface converters for renewable energy sources can be regarded as custom power devices. Thus they can be designed and operated so as to improve power quality at their connecting locations. This paper presents examples of converter designs based on p-q theory for different applications. Modeling, simulations and experimental results are given for converter prototypes operating either as active power filter (APF) or static compensator (STATCOM), while transferring real power to the utility grid. Compensation of harmonic distortions, power factor control, reactive support and voltage control are achieved with the proposed circuits.

Keywords

harmonic distortion; power convertors; power factor; power harmonic filters; reactive power; renewable energy sources; static VAr compensators; voltage control; active power filter; custom power device; custom power interface; harmonic distortion compensation; interface converter; p-q theory; power factor control; power quality improvement; reactive support; renewable energy sources; static compensator; utility grid; voltage control; Active filters; Automatic voltage control; Circuit simulation; Joining processes; Power quality; Renewable energy resources; STATCOM; Static power converters; Virtual prototyping; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2007. ISIE 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vigo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0754-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0755-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2007.4375030

Filename

4375030