Capacitor Voltage Shaper for Cascaded H-Bridge StatCom

Young Tae Jeon; Glen Farivar; Christopher D. Townsend; Joung Hu Park; Josep Pou

doi:10.1109/SPEC.2018.8635915

Capacitor Voltage Shaper for Cascaded H-Bridge StatCom

Young Tae Jeon, Glen Farivar, Christopher D. Townsend, Joung Hu Park, Josep Pou

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Abstract

In this paper, an active shaping method of the capacitor voltage for a cascaded H-bridge (CHB) Iow-capacitance static synchronous compensator (LC-StatCom) is introduced. The traditional LC-StatCom is able to operate with large capacitor voltage ripples when it is operating with rated current. However, as the current is reduced below rated current, voltage ripple on the capacitors decreases. Decreasing the current therefore removes the advantages of the LC-StatCom such as better current quality and reduced switching losses. The active shaping method aims to keep consistent large voltage ripple on the capacitor using a simple boost converter cell to inject an appropriate auxiliary capacitor current. Simulation results are provided to confirm the performance of the proposed CHB-StatCom system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538682579
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEC.2018.8635915
Publication status	Published - Jul 2 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: Dec 10 2018 → Dec 13 2018

Publication series

Name	2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018

Conference

Conference	4th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	12/10/18 → 12/13/18

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© 2018 IEEE.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Cascaded H-Bridge
large ripple
low capacitance
multilevel converter
statCom

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Jeon, Y. T., Farivar, G., Townsend, C. D., Park, J. H., & Pou, J. (2018). Capacitor Voltage Shaper for Cascaded H-Bridge StatCom. In 2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018 Article 8635915 (2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEC.2018.8635915

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Jeon, YT, Farivar, G, Townsend, CD, Park, JH & Pou, J 2018, Capacitor Voltage Shaper for Cascaded H-Bridge StatCom. in 2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018., 8635915, 2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 4th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018, Singapore, Singapore, 12/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEC.2018.8635915

Capacitor Voltage Shaper for Cascaded H-Bridge StatCom. / Jeon, Young Tae; Farivar, Glen; Townsend, Christopher D. et al.
2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8635915 (2018 IEEE 4th Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 2018).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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