Title :
Multilevel STATCOM with third harmonic elimination on the DC link capacitor voltages
Author :
Mwinyiwiwa, Bakari ; Wolanski, Zbigniew ; Ooi, Boon-Teck
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Simulation studies, confirmed by laboratory experiments, show that the undesirable third harmonic inherently present on the DC link capacitor voltages of multilevel converters can be eliminated by a 6-phase configuration in a shunt multilevel STATCOM. The principle can be extended to eliminate the residual sixth harmonic by configuring a 12-phase STATCOM
Keywords :
capacitors; harmonic distortion; power convertors; power system harmonics; static VAr compensators; 12-phase STATCOM; 6-phase configuration; DC link capacitor voltages; multilevel STATCOM; residual sixth harmonic elimination; shunt multilevel STATCOM; third harmonic elimination; Automatic voltage control; Bridge circuits; Capacitors; Control systems; Costs; Environmental economics; Flexible AC transmission systems; Laboratories; Power generation economics; Transformers;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1997. PESC '97 Record., 28th Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
St. Louis, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3840-5
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.1997.616743
