Comparison of thyristor switched capacitor and voltage source GTO inverter type compensators for single phase feeders

Author

Jacobson, D.A.N. ; Menzies, R.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg, Man., Canada

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

776

Lastpage

781

Abstract

The use of small static compensators for the control of voltage on single-phase distribution feeders is investigated. A candidate feeder system is examined to determine the size and type of reactive compensation required. A comparison is made of the single-phase design of a thyristor switched capacitor type compensator with an advanced gate turn-off thyristor voltage source inverter type of compensator. The advantages of the three-phase advanced compensator are not evident in the single-phase design

Keywords

distribution networks; invertors; power capacitors; reactive power; static VAr compensators; thyristor applications; distribution feeders; gate turn-off thyristor; reactive compensation; single phase feeders; static compensators; thyristor switched capacitor type compensator; voltage control; voltage source inverter; Capacitors; Inverters; Power system harmonics; Regulators; STATCOM; Silicon compounds; Solid state circuits; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.127080

Filename

127080