Single-phase STATCOM for feeding system of Tokaido Shinkansen

Author

Horita, Yasuhisa ; Morishima, Naoki ; Kai, Masahiko ; Onishi, Mitsuru ; Masui, Takeshi ; Noguchi, Masaki

Author_Institution

Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electr. Ind. Syst. Corp., Kobe, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

21-24 June 2010

Firstpage

2165

Lastpage

2170

Abstract

In the Tokaido Shinkansen, SVCs (static var compensators) have been installed at the single-phase feeder side in select substations to reduce the descent in the feeding voltage. A single-phase STATCOM (static synchronous compensator), called an RPC (railway static power conditioner), consists of a back-to-back converter whose AC terminals are connected to the two power systems of a Scott transformer. When the two terminals of the RPC are connected to a single power system, the RPC can operate as an SVC. RPCs can both control the feeder voltage and equalize the unbalanced power flow between the two single-phase power systems. In this paper, we present the simulator test and field test results of the RPCs installed in select substations of the Tokaido Shinkansen.

Keywords

load flow; power convertors; power transformers; static VAr compensators; substations; RPC; SVC; Scott transformer; Tokaido Shinkansen; back-to-back converter; feeder voltage control; feeding system; railway static power conditioner; single-phase STATCOM; static var compensators; substations; Automatic voltage control; Control systems; Power system simulation; Power systems; Rail transportation; Static VAr compensators; Static power converters; Substations; Testing; Voltage control; RPC; STATCOM; SVC; Shinkansen;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), 2010 International

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5394-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPEC.2010.5544532

Filename

5544532