Solid state devices for protection in distribution systems. A new proposal for solid state transfer switch (SSTS)

Author

Álvarez, C. ; Alamar, J. ; Blasco-Giménez, Ramón ; Montenegro, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

456

Abstract

The current technologies and applications in solid state breakers (SSB) and solid state transfer switches (SSTS) are analyzed in this paper, in the framework of the use of innovative power electronics devices to improve the quality of the power supply. A new topology for SSTS, based on voltage source converters (VSC) is proposed in the paper, and implementation issues are discussed by means of an implemented low voltage 22 kW prototype, where the proposed control strategies, suitable for medium voltage are presented and discussed

Keywords

circuit breakers; power distribution protection; power electronics; power supply quality; 22 kW; distribution systems protection; power electronics devices; power supply quality; solid state breakers; solid state devices; solid state transfer switch; voltage source power converters; Amplitude modulation; Circuit topology; Converters; Low voltage; Power conversion; Power electronics; Power supplies; Power system protection; Solid state circuits; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6499-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2000.897722

Filename

897722