A unified Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) system with advanced angle control structure

Author

Parkhideh, Babak ; Bhattacharya, Subhashish

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

17-22 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

3736

Lastpage

3743

Abstract

A unified Modular Transformer Converter (MTC) system is proposed that is transportable and can be installed in existing transmission substations to provide power flow control, back-up, and fault current limiter functions. The multifunctional characteristic of the proposed system is obtained by inserting the device across the substation transformer. The MTC system can be realized with standard drive converters and regular transformers through advanced angle control. The proposed controller structure enables the line frequency switching operation of the converter system while maintaining a superior harmonic spectrum.

Keywords

fault current limiters; flow control; power control; power transformers; substations; advanced angle control structure; back-up; fault current limiter functions; power flow control; regular transformers; standard drive converters; substation transformer; transmission substations; unified modular transformer converter system; Load flow; Power conversion; Power transformers; Reactive power; Substations; Voltage control; Angle Control; Asset Management; Back-to-Back Converter; Cascading Transformers; Distributed Generation; Intermittent Generation; Power Flow Control; Power Router; Recovery Transformer; Spare Transformer; Transformer Outage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0542-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064276

Filename

6064276