TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving the Reactive Current Compensation Capability of Cascaded H-Bridge Based STATCOM under Unbalanced Grid Voltage
AU - Neyshabouri, Yousef
AU - Chaudhary, Sanjay K.
AU - Teodorescu, Remus
AU - Sajadi, Rahman
AU - Iman_Eini, Hossein
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - This paper deals with the operation of a cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter-based STATCOM under unbalanced grid conditions. Degrees of freedom and operational limitations of the CHB STATCOM during unbalanced grid condition are analyzed according to the converter power flow equations. Based on this analysis, an improved low-voltage ride-Through (LVRT) strategy for the CHB STATCOM is proposed. In this strategy, the grid operator can control both the positive-and negative-sequence reactive currents independently within the operation range of the CHB STATCOM. In addition, to keep the submodules' capacitors voltages balanced, a zero-sequence voltage term is injected to the converter legs. The negative-sequence active current is also controlled to limit the injected zero-sequence voltage and keep the converter within the rated operation range. The performance and effectiveness of the proposed method are validated through PSCAD/EMTDC simulation of a 21-level CHB STATCOM. The results are experimentally demonstrated on a 9-level CHB STATCOM prototype.
AB - This paper deals with the operation of a cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter-based STATCOM under unbalanced grid conditions. Degrees of freedom and operational limitations of the CHB STATCOM during unbalanced grid condition are analyzed according to the converter power flow equations. Based on this analysis, an improved low-voltage ride-Through (LVRT) strategy for the CHB STATCOM is proposed. In this strategy, the grid operator can control both the positive-and negative-sequence reactive currents independently within the operation range of the CHB STATCOM. In addition, to keep the submodules' capacitors voltages balanced, a zero-sequence voltage term is injected to the converter legs. The negative-sequence active current is also controlled to limit the injected zero-sequence voltage and keep the converter within the rated operation range. The performance and effectiveness of the proposed method are validated through PSCAD/EMTDC simulation of a 21-level CHB STATCOM. The results are experimentally demonstrated on a 9-level CHB STATCOM prototype.
KW - Cascaded H-bridge Converter (CHB)
KW - Low-Voltage Ride Through (LVRT)
KW - STATCOM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084751087&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2916571
DO - 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2916571
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2168-6777
VL - 8
SP - 1466
EP - 1476
JO - I E E E Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
JF - I E E E Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
IS - 2
M1 - 8714053
ER -