Safe current injection strategies for a STATCOM under asymmetrical grid faults

Pedro Rodriguez, Gustavo Medeiros, Alvaro Luna, Marcelo C. Cavalcanti, Remus Teodorescu

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Abstract

This paper explores different strategies to set the reference current of a STATCOM under unbalanced grid voltage conditions and determines the maximum deliverable reactive power in each case to guarantee the injected current is permanently within the STATCOM secure operation limits. The paper presents a comprehensive derivation of the proposed STATCOM control strategies to set the reactive current reference under unbalanced grid faults, together with an extensive evaluation using simulation and experimental results from a low-scale laboratory setup in order to verify and validate the dynamic performance achieved by the proposed reactive current limiting algorithms.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010
Number of pages7
PublisherIEEE Press
Publication dateSept 2010
Pages3929-3935
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-5286-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2010
EventIEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 12 Sept 201016 Sept 2010

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period12/09/201016/09/2010

Keywords

  • Current Control
  • Current limiters
  • Reactive power
  • Reactive Power Control

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