• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1311-1318
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• 2015

This paper introduces a novel topology and an effective control strategy for a shunt hybrid power filter (SHPF) to simultaneously compensate harmonic currents and reactive power. The proposed SHPF topology is composed of an LC passive filter tuned to the 7^th harmonic frequency and a small-rated active filter connected in parallel with the inductor L_pf of the LC passive filter. Together with the SHPF topology, we also propose a control strategy, which consists of a proportional-integral (PI) controller for DC-link voltage regulation and a PI plus repetitive current controller, in order to compensate both the harmonic current and the reactive power without the need for additional hardware. Thanks to the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme, the supply current is sufficiently compensated to be sinusoidal and in-phase with the supply voltage, regardless of the distorted and phase lagging of the load current. The effectiveness of the proposed SHPF topology and control strategy is verified by simulated and experimental results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.909-918
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• 2013

This paper proposes a coordinated control of the reactive power between the STATCOMs (static synchronous compensators) and the grid-side converters (GSC) of wind farms equipped with PMSGs (permanent-magnet synchronous generators), by which the voltage fluctuations at the PCC (point of common coupling) are mitigated in the steady state. In addition, the level of voltage sags is reduced during grid faults. To do this, the GSC and the STATCOM supply reactive power to the grid coordinately, where the GSCs are fully utilized to provide the reactive power for the grid prior to the STATCOM operation. For this, the GSC capability of delivering active and reactive power under variable wind speed conditions is analyzed in detail. In addition, the PCC voltage regulation of the power systems integrated with large wind farms are analyzed for short-term and long-term operations. With this coordinated control scheme, the low power capacity of STATCOMs can be used to achieve the low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability of the wind farms during grid faults. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy has been verified by PSCAD/EMTDC simulation results.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.237_238
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• 2009

This paper proposes coordinative control method between STATCOM installed within substation and other reactive power resources including Shunt Reactors and Shunt Capacitors and OLTC. Voltage/Reactive power control has various difficult aspects to control because of analysis and system dynamics error. This coordinative control method suggests practical algorithm regarding system voltage and reactive power status which is easy to implement in substation basis. In normal status, STATCOM-Shunts-OLTC are in operation. The proposed algorithm is tested and verified in EMTP/RV. And this is expected to be applied to control multiple reactive power devices combined with SCADA/EMS system.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.120-121
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• 2017

This paper proposes an enhanced distributed generation (DG) unit with an adaptive virtual impedance control approach in order to address the inaccurate reactive power sharing problem. The proposed method can adaptively regulate the DG virtual impedance, and the effect of the mismatch in feeder impedances is compensated to share the reactive power accurately. The proposed control strategy is fully distributed and the need for the microgrid central controller is eliminated. Furthermore, the proposed method can be directly implemented without requirement of pre-knowledge of the feeder impedances. Simulations are performed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 태양광 및 풍력 발전소 등에 설치되어 있는 다수의 계통 연계형 인버터를 사용하여 Virtual D-STATCOM을 구성하고, 배전계통의 부하의 무효전력과 배전선로의 거리에 따른 케이블의 무효전력을 보상하여 기존의 단일 대용량 D-STATCOM을 설치하지 않고 변전소 인근의 PCC단의 무효전력을 보상하는 방법을 제시한다. 제안된 방식은 Matlab Simulink 시뮬레이션을 통해 동작원리와 무효전력 보상 성능을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.106-115
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• 2015

This paper proposes a novel direct power control (DPC) strategy for neutral-point-clamped (NPC) three-level rectifiers, to directly control the active power, the reactive power and the neutral point potential of the rectifiers by referring to three pre-calculated vector influence tables and minimizing an objective function. In the three vector influence tables, the influences of different voltage vectors on the active power, the reactive power and the neutral-point potential are shown explicitly. A conceptual description and control algorithm of the proposed controller are presented in this paper. Then, numerical simulations and experiments are carried out to validate the proposed method. Both the simulation and experimental results show that good performances during both the steady-state and transient operating conditions are achieved. As a result, the proposed strategy has been proven to be effective for NPC three-level rectifiers.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.235-245
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• 2015

This paper proposes a reactive current assignment and control strategy for a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind-turbine generation system under generic grid voltage sag or swell conditions. The system's active and reactive power constrains during grid faults are investigated with both the grid- and rotor-side convertors (GSC and RSC) maximum ampere limits considered. To meet the latest grid codes, especially the low- and high-voltage ride-through (LVRT and HVRT) requirements, an adaptive reactive current control scheme is investigated. In addition, a torque-oscillation suppression technique is designed to reduce the mechanism stress on turbine systems caused by intensive voltage variations. Simulation and experiment studies demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme to enhance the fault ride-through (FRT) capability of DFIG-based wind turbines during violent changes in grid voltage.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.462-466
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• 2021

DVR은 배전선로의 전압 변동을 보상하는 장치로 일반적으로 계통의 무효전력 보상, 역률개선 문제를 해결하는 장치와 결합하여 사용된다. 이러한 결합보상기기는 상대적으로 제어가 어렵고 부피가 커지는 단점을 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 DVR의 전력위상제어(Power Angle Contorl)방법을 적용하여 부가적인 보상기기의 결합이 없이 DVR 단독으로 배전선로의 무효전력과 전압변동을 동시에 보상하기 위해 보상 전압의 최대 크기와, 위상, 보상 가능한 무효전력 및 유효전력에 대한 수학적 해석을 수행하였다. 유효전력을 배터리에 충전하고 전압 변동시 저장된 에너지를 공급하기 위한 제어알고리즘을 개발하고 Matlab 시뮬레이션을 통해 결과를 확인하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.1020-1033
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• 2019

This paper presents a control strategy to enhance the accuracy of reactive power sharing between paralleled three-phase inverters in an islanded microgrid. In this study, the mismatch of power sharing when the line impedances have significant differences between inverters connected to a microgrid has been solved, the accuracy of the reactive power sharing in an islanded microgrid is increased, the voltage droop slope is tuned to compensate for the mismatch of voltage drops across the line impedances by using an enhanced droop controller. The proposed method ensures accurate power sharing even if the microgrid has local loads at the output of the inverters. The control model has been simulated by MATLAB/Simulink with two or three inverters connected in parallel. Simulation results demonstrate the accuracy of the implemented control method. Furthermore, in order to validate the theoretical analysis and simulation results, an experimental setup was built in the laboratory. Results obtained from the experimental setup verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.1124-1136
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• 2017

Direct Power Control technique has become popular in the grid connected Voltage Source Converter (VSC) applications due to its simplicity, direct voltage vector selection and improved dynamic performance. In this paper, a direct method to determine the effect of voltage vector on the instantaneous active and reactive power variations is developed. An alternative Look Up Table is proposed which minimizes the commutations in the converter and results in minimum reactive power variation. The application of suggested table is established for Shunt Active Power Filter (SAPF) application. The Predictive Direct Power Control method, which minimizes apparent power variation, is further investigated to reduce commutations in converters. Both the methods are validated using 2 kVA laboratory prototype of Shunt Active Power Filters (SAPF).