Title :
A comparison of linear and nonlinear STATCOM control for power quality enhancement
Author :
Yazdani, A. ; Crow, M.L. ; Guo, J.
Abstract :
This paper introduces a multilevel STATCOM for electric arc furnace power quality enhancement. An eleven level cascaded multilevel converter is used to alleviate the impacts of an unbalanced arc furnace load. The STATCOM provides a power electronic-based means of embedded control for reactive power support.
Keywords :
arc furnaces; invertors; power electronics; power supply quality; reactive power; static VAr compensators; electric arc furnace; eleven level cascaded multilevel converter; embedded control; linear STATCOM control; nonlinear STATCOM control; power electronics; power quality enhancement; reactive power support; Automatic voltage control; Capacitors; Frequency; Furnaces; Immune system; Power electronics; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Pulse width modulation; Random number generation; Arc Furnace; Cascaded Multilevel Inverter; Power Quality; STATCOM;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1905-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1932-5517
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2008.4596405
