Circuit-level comparison of STATCOM technologies

Author

Lee, C.K. ; Leung, Joseph S K ; Hui, S. Y Ron ; Chung, Henry Shu-Hung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China

Volume

18

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1084

Lastpage

1092

Abstract

This paper performs a comprehensive circuit-level evaluation of four modern STATCOM systems, namely true-48-pulse and quasi-48-pulse STATCOMs, cascade multilevel and binary multilevel inverters. The comparison is based on a number of factors including circuit topology, harmonic distortion, system losses, GTO quantities, their specific applications, and other considerations. The theoretical results are verified by simulation with the use of MATLAB-Simulink Power System Blockset.

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; circuit simulation; harmonic distortion; invertors; power conversion harmonics; power engineering computing; static VAr compensators; thyristor convertors; FACTS; GTO quantities; MATLAB-Simulink Power System Blockset; STATCOM technologies; applications; binary multilevel inverters; cascade multilevel inverters; circuit topology; circuit-level comparison; computer simulation; harmonic distortion; quasi-48-pulse STATCOMs; system losses; true-48-pulse STATCOMs; Automatic voltage control; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Flexible AC transmission systems; Inverters; Power system simulation; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPEL.2003.813771

Filename

1214533