Title
Decoupled and Modular Harmonic Compensation for Multilevel STATCOMs
Abstract
A modular and decoupled approach to achieve harmonic cancellation in a multilevel Static Compensator (STATCOM) is presented in this paper. This work shows that it is possible to split the compensation tasks depending on the frequency components present on the line current that is intended to be compensated by using the superposition principle and the modular features of an H-bridge based multilevel STATCOM. This approach allows the implementation of the topology with dedicated modules in order to decouple and simplify the control algorithms. The H-bridge modules can be implemented with two different kinds of semiconductors: (i) slow switches for fundamental frequency compensation modules and (ii) fast switches for harmonic frequency compensation modules. As the modules meant for harmonic cancellation can self-regulate its dc voltage, they can follow the load requirements and thus operate with minimum power. The theoretical analysis is validated in a laboratory prototype.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TIE.2013.2276058
Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
bridge circuits,compensation,power control,power harmonic filters,power semiconductor switches,static VAr compensators,voltage control,DC voltage self-regulation,H-bridge based multilevel STATCOM,H-bridge module,decoupled compensation approach,fundamental frequency compensation module,harmonic cancellation,line current,modular feature,modular harmonic compensation approach,power control algorithm,semiconductor switch,static compensator,superposition principle,Harmonic compensation,multilevel power converters,power quality (PQ),static compensator (STATCOM)
Control algorithm,Superposition principle,Fundamental frequency,Control theory,Power control,Voltage,Power factor,Harmonic,Control engineering,Electronic engineering,Engineering,Modular design
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
61
6
0278-0046
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.40
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Javier A. Muñoz16214.45
José R. Espinoza250869.98
Carlos R. Baier3459.77
Luis Moran411846.64
Johan I. Guzman5326.56
Victor M. Cardenas610.40