Advanced series and parallel converters for power system stability improvement

A. Griffo*, D. Lauria

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

FACTS devices, such as synchronous series compensator, static compensator, unified power flow controller, thyristor series capacitors, SMES devices etc. are gaining increasing attention for their capabilities to dynamically adjust the network configuration to enhance steady-state performance as well as system stability.

Several converter topologies have been proposed in the recent literature, however those based on voltage source inverters (VSI) seem to be more promising due to their intrinsic capability to rapidly respond to network changes such as perturbations following a fault and their property of being immune to resonance problem.

In the paper a new topology for inverter based FACTS is proposed. This configuration, based on a three-phase two-leg inverter is employed for both series and parallel connected compensators. A control strategy based on sliding-mode technique is employed for tracking of appropriate reference quantities. A great simplicity in design and control, as well as good tracking performances are demonstrated through numerical simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POWER ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL DRIVES, AUTOMATION AND MOTION, VOLS 1-3
Place of PublicationNEW YORK
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages803-808
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-0193-2
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventInternational Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion - Taormina, Italy
Duration: 23 May 200626 May 2006

Publication series

NameInternational Power Electronics Electrical Drives Automation and Motion SPEEDAM
PublisherIEEE

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTaormina
Period23/05/0626/05/06

Keywords

  • variable structure systems
  • power system dynamic stability
  • parallel compensation
  • SSSC
  • Flexible AC Transmission Systems
  • series compensation

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