• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.237-239
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• 2001

This paper presents a new speed sensorless control method of permanent magnet synchronous motors based on instantaneous reactive power. The proposed system is constructed in a synchronously rotating reference frame and is very simple. The new approach is not dependent upon the stator resistance, nor is it affected by mechanical motor parameters. The effectiveness of the proposed system is confirmed by the simulation results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.935-946
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• 2012

A new kind of resonant impedance type hybrid active filter (RITHAF) is proposed for dynamic harmonic current suppression and high capacity reactive compensation in medium and high voltage systems. This paper analyzed the different performance of the RITHAF when the active part of the RITHAF is controlled as a current source and as a voltage source, respectively. The harmonic suppression function is defined in this paper. The influences of the changes caused by the grid impedance and the detuning of the passive power filter on the compensating characteristics of the RITHAF are studied by analyzing the suppression function. Simulation and industrial application results show that the RITHAF has excellent performances in harmonic suppression and reactive compensation, which is suitable for medium and high voltage systems.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.295-297
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• 2002

In this study, Genetic Algorithm(GA) is applied for voltage and reactive power control in power system. In power system, switched shunt capacitors are used to improve the voltage profile and to reduce power losses. There are many switched shunt capacitors in power system. Therefore, it is necessary to coordinate these switched shunt capacitors. A Genetic Algorithm(GA) is used to find optimal coordination of switched shunt capacitors in power system. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated in KEPCO's power system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.552-555
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• 2001

This paper deal with the power factor improvement of DC power regenerating systems, which are composed of two inverters, zig-zag connected output transformers, and an AC filter. The output voltages of the inverter system are not sinusoidal. Regenerated complex power is analyzed on the basis of fundamental components and therefore the reactive power produced by harmonics is not considered. Therefore, it is needed a new control scheme capable of controlling the reactive power nearly to zero for nonsinusoidal case. Computer simulations are carried out to verify the validity of the proposed control scheme.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.146-147
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• 2014

This paper presents an operation of the modular multilevel converter-high voltage direct current (MMC-HVDC) system as a Statcom to support the grid voltage. The advantage of the MMC-HVDC system is that it can control the active and reactive powers independently. The proposed control scheme will be designed by combining this performance and the control method of the Statcom. The grid voltage is regulated by the control of the reactive power, meanwhile the active power is controlled according to its applications. The simulation results based on the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation program will evaluate the effectiveness of the control scheme.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.1601-1608
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• 2015

This paper presents a PQ control strategy for micro grid inverters with axial voltage regulators. The inverter works in the voltage-controlled mode and can help improve the terminal power quality. The inverter has two axial voltage regulators. The 1st regulator involves the output voltage amplitude and output impedance, while the 2nd regulator controls the output frequency. The inverter system is equivalent to a controllable voltage source with a controllable inner output impedance. The basic PQ control for micro grid inverters is easy to accomplish. The output active and reactive powers can be decoupled well by controlling the two axial voltages. The 1st axial voltage regulator controls the reactive power, while the 2nd regulator controls the active power. The paper analyses the axial voltage regulation mechanism, and evaluates the PQ decoupling effect mathematically. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy is validated by simulation and experimental results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.289-304
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• 2005

This paper describes a simple control structure and power conditioning system for an indirect vector controlled stand-alone induction generator (IG) used to operate under variable speed. The required reactive power for the IG system is supplied by means of a capacitor bank and a voltage-source PWM converter. Using a capacitor bank to transfer the reactive power to the IG under the rated speed and no-load conditions starts the IG operation and reduces the PWM converter size. The vector control structure for the variable speed IG power conditioning system compensates for changes in the electrical three-phase and DC loads while considering the magnetizing curve of the IG. The vector control structure is developed to regulate the DC link voltage of the PWM converter and the IG output voltage. The experimental and simulated performance results of the IG power conditioning system at various speeds and loads are given and show that this proposed scheme can be used efficiently for a variable speed, wind energy conversion system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.152-158
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• 2010

Generally, the AC electrified railway systems have the power quality problems that are induced from the harmonic currents and the reactive power. This paper presents a single-phase hybrid active filter adopting a SRF(synchronous-reference-frame) control for improving power quality in the AC electrified railway systems. The single-phase hybrid active filter can compensate the harmonic currents and the reactive power through the proposed SRF control algorithm. The proposed control algorithm can extract the third and fifth harmonics through the MSRF(multiple-synchronous-reference-frames) which is used to apply the three-phase systems. Therefore, the hybrid active filter can compensates only the high-frequency harmonic currents whereas the passive filter compensates the low-frequency harmonic currents. Also, the proposed SRF control algorithm can compensate the reactive power by the closed-loop control. The Validity and the effectiveness of the proposed SRF control method for the hybrid active filter are illustrated through the simulation results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1305-1317
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• 2015

Distributed generation systems (DGSs) have been getting more and more attention in terms of renewable energy use and new generation technologies in the past decades. The self-excited induction generator (SEIG) occupies an important role in the area of energy conversion due to its low cost, robustness and simple control. Unlike synchronous generators, the SEIG has to absorb capacitive reactive power from the outer device aiming to stabilize the terminal voltage at load changes. This paper presents a novel static VAR compensator (SVC) called a magnetic energy recovery switch (MERS) to serve as a voltage controller in SEIG powered DGSs. In addition, many small scale SEIGs, instead of a single large one, are applied and devoted to promote the generation efficiency. To begin with, an expandable mathematic model based on a d-q equivalent circuit is created for parallel SEIGs. The control method of the MERS is further improved with the objective of broadening its operating range and restraining current harmonics by parameter optimization. A hybrid control strategy is developed by taking both of the stand-alone and grid-connected modes into consideration. Then simulation and experiments are carried out in the case of single and double SEIG(s) generation. Finally, the measurement results verify that the proposed DGS with SVC-MERS achieves a better stability and higher feasibility. The major advantages of the mentioned variable reactive power supplier, when compared to the STATCOM, include the adoption of a small DC capacitor, line frequency switching, simple control and less loss.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1994.11a
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• pp.54-60
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• 1994

The cause of black out of Tokyo Power in 1987 has been identified as the voltage stability problem. After this event many researchers has been interested in voltage stability or voltage collapse phenomena. The voltage instability is different Com the transient stability in the sense of reactive power mismatch and the long duration time. In this study, we developed efficient tool for analyze and control the dynamic voltage instability. To analize specific condition of dynamic voltage stability, quasi-dynamic simulation method is developed. To provide proper mathmatical model for dynamic voltage stability, generator, SVC, OLTC, induction motor models are introducted. To provide specified dynamic voltage stability, the authors considered to use reactive loss function(${\partial}Q/{\partial}p_L$) as reactive power facility control index. This program was tested and identified its usefulness in real KEPCO system.