<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents a systematic procedure to design a simple control for a three-phase VSC-based static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) in order to overcome the problems caused by the presence of the non-linear load at the point of common coupling (PCC). The proposed control method regulates the STATCOM in such a way that the source quadrature current component is forced to be zero so that only the active current component is drawn from the source and the harmonic and reactive current demands of the non-linear load are met by the STATCOM. The tuning of the inner and outer loop PI controllers is carried out with the help of the modulus optimum and symmetric optimum criteria, respectively. At last, a few case studies are presented using MATLAB simulation to exemplify the success of the proposed control method.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a systematic procedure to design a simple control for a three-phase VSC-based static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) in order to overcome the problems caused by the presence of the non-linear load at the point of common coupling (PCC). The proposed control method regulates the STATCOM in such a way that the source quadrature current component is forced to be zero so that only the active current component is drawn from the source and the harmonic and reactive current demands of the non-linear load are met by the STATCOM. The tuning of the inner and outer loop PI controllers is carried out with the help of the modulus optimum and symmetric optimum criteria, respectively. At last, a few case studies are presented using MATLAB simulation to exemplify the success of the proposed control method.

Design and Control of a STATCOM for Non-Linear Load Compensation: A Simple Approach

Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology

Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering

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This paper presents a systematic procedure to design a simple control for a three-phase VSC-based static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) in order to overcome...

Design and Control of a STATCOM for Non-Linear Load Compensation: A Simple Approach

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 172 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2018-0021

Keywords
Modulus optimum, Non-linear load compensation, Power quality, Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), Symmetric optimum

© 2018 Saurabh Mani Tripathi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Design and Control of a STATCOM for Non-Linear Load Compensation: A Simple Approach

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 172 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2018-0021

KeywordsModulus optimum, Non-linear load compensation, Power quality, Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), Symmetric optimum

© 2018 Saurabh Mani Tripathi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Modulus optimum, Non-linear load compensation, Power quality, Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), Symmetric optimum