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Project no: TREN/07/FP6EN/S07.73164/038533 /CONS
Project acronym: ADINE
Project title: Active Distribution Network
Deliverable13:
Non-Real-Time Simulation Results Report
Due date of deliverable: 30.09.2008
Actual submission date: 30.09.2008
Start date of project: 1.10.2007 Duration: 36 months
Organization name of lead contractor for this deliverable: Tampere University of Technology
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 3
2. STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR, STATCOM ............................................................. 3
2.1. STATCOM Topologies ...................................................................................................................... 4
3. STATCOM CONTROL ......................................................................................................................... 5
3.1. Harmonic Detection and Current Reference Generation ............................................................... 6 3.1.1. Synchronous d-q Frame Based Harmonic Detection ....................................................................... 6 3.1.2. Band-Pass Filter Based Selective Harmonic Detection ................................................................... 7 3.1.3. Recursive Discrete Fourier Transform Based Selective Harmonic Detection ................................. 8
3.2. Current Control Methods .................................................................................................................. 8 3.2.1. Linear Current Control Based on PD Controllers and Space-Vector PWM .................................... 8 3.2.2. Three-Phase Hysteresis Current Control .......................................................................................... 9 3.2.3. Space-Vector Based α-β Hysteresis Current Control ...................................................................... 9
4. SIMULATION RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 10
4.1. Harmonic Detection Methods .......................................................................................................... 10 4.1.1. Steady-State Load Compensation .................................................................................................. 10 4.1.2. Nonperiodic Load Compensation .................................................................................................. 11
4.2. Current Control Methods ................................................................................................................ 12
4.3. Electric Arc Furnace Flicker Mitigation ........................................................................................ 13
5. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................................... 15
6. REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................... 16
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1. INTRODUCTION
The ADINE-project (Active Distribution Network) is aimed to develop, demonstrate and validate a new
Active Network Management (ANM) method of distribution network including distributed generation (DG)
and enabling solutions to support it. The enabling solutions operate as active components managing the
network allowing easier interconnection of DG units. The solutions cover protection, voltage and reactive
power control and planning and information systems of networks.
The ADINE-project is co-funded by the European commission. The project partners include:
• Technology Centre Hermia Ltd., Finland
• Tampere University of Technology, Department of Electrical Energy Engineering, Finland
• ABB Oy Distribution and Automation, Finland
• Lund University, Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation, Sweden
• Compower AB, Sweden
• AREVA T&D Ltd., Finland
• AREVA Energietechnik GmbH., Germany
This report is prepared as a part of ADINE subproject 4, SP4 - Flexible STATCOM for distribution network.
The goal of SP4 is to develop and demonstrate a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) capable of
filtering harmonics, eliminating flickers, compensating reactive power, controlling the voltage level and
improving the recovery of the distribution network during line fault.
The goal of the report is to study different solutions for STATCOM topology and control system and to
examine the STATCOM operation by means of non-real-time computer simulations. First, the structure of
STATCOM is examined and AC/DC converter topologies for STATCOM are studied. The three-level
neutral point clamped voltage source converter is selected as the STATCOM topology for the simulations.
Next, solutions for STATCOM control system are examined. Finally, the operation of control methods and
three-level STATCOM are examined by means of non-real-time computer simulations. The simulations are
carried out using the combination of Matlab Simulink and Simplorer softwares.
2. STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR, STATCOM
Different solutions have been developed to mitigate power system disturbances such as harmonics and
voltage fluctuation and to compensate reactive power. The most sophisticated solutions are based on AC/DC
converters employing force-commutated power semiconductors, GTOs and IGBTs. Such compensators
operate as controlled ac voltage or current sources and provide operation independent of the system voltage
and dynamic performance sufficient for compensating highly nonlinear and rapidly varying loads [1].
At the moment one of the best-known converter based compensators is the STATCOM, STATic
synchronous COMpensator, which principle is shown in Fig. 1 [1]. The STATCOM comprises a voltage (or
current) source converter connected in parallel with the transmission line via an inductor or an LCL filter that
filters out the ripple current resulting from the converter switching. A coupling transformer is required if the
connection voltage level cannot be achieved using direct connection. Typical applications of STATCOM are
flicker mitigation, wind farm voltage stabilization, current distortion compensation, and reactive power
compensation.
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Figure 1. Principle of voltage source converter based STATCOM
2.1. STATCOM Topologies
The majority of STATCOMs reported in the literature are based on the use of voltage source converters
(VSCs) [2-9]. The STATCOMs based on VSCs can be grouped into two-level, multipulse and multilevel
technologies. The multipulse and multilevel VSCs are the prevailing technologies used in medium and high
voltage STATCOMs. Compared to two-level VSCs (2LVSCs) they can generate staircase output voltages
close to sinusoidal waveform without using power switches with higher blocking voltages or series
connected power switches [3]. Thus the output voltage harmonic content is reduced compared to that of
2LVSCs and the size of the coupling transformer can be reduced or a direct connection to the installation
point can be used.
The problem of multipulse STATCOMs is the zig-zag transformers that are required to connect the
STATCOM to the mains [2, 8]. Therefore they have high cost and complexity, large volume, and high power
losses [2, 8]. By contrast, the multilevel VSCs comprise a dc-link structure with three or more voltage levels
and an array of semiconductor power switches controlled to generate multilevel output voltages [2, 3]. Thus
the complex zig-zag transformers used in the multipulse converters are not required. As a result, the
multilevel VSCs have become the trend in STATCOM applications [4-7].
The best-known multilevel VSC topologies for STATCOM are diode clamped (neutral point clamped) and
cascaded multilevel topologies [2-8]. The principles of three-level and five-level diode clamped multilevel
(DCM) converters are shown in Figs. 2(a)-(b) and the principles of five-level and 9-level cascaded multilevel
converters are shown in Figs. 2(c)-(d). In DCM converters the total dc-link voltage udc is divided into several
potential levels by connecting capacitors in series [3]. The intermediate dc-link voltage levels are connected
to the phase outputs through the clamping diodes, which also limit the switch voltage stresses equal to the
voltage of one capacitor. Difficulty of DCM converters with more than three voltage levels is control
complexity, large amount of required clamping diodes, and the problem to keep the capacitor voltages
balanced [2, 3].
The cascaded multilevel voltage source converters (CMVSCs) are based on the chain connection of single-
phase full-bridge modules (H-bridges), each including a separate dc-capacitor [5, 6, 8]. The converter phase
voltage with the respect to the star-point is the sum of the H-bridge module output voltages. Conventionally
the phases are connected in wye, but also delta-connection is possible, which in STATCOM applications
allows the compensation of negative-sequence currents [8]. The advantages of the CMVSCs are the simple
topology layout and modular structure. However, the difficulty is to keep the capacitor voltages balanced and
the converter control is rather complex [2, 8, 9].
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(b) (d)
Figure 2. (a) Three-level DCM converter, (b) five-level DCM converter, (c) five-level cascaded
multilevel converter, (d) 9-level cascaded multilevel converter
Among the possible STATCOM topologies this study focuses on the three-level neutral point clamped
topology shown in Fig. 2(a). The advantages of three-level topology over the two-level topology are the
reduced output voltage harmonics and the possibility to use power switches with lower blocking voltages.
Compared to topologies with more than three-levels the advantage is simpler converter control
implementation, simple method for dc-link voltage balancing and simpler topology structure. The converter
voltage rating can be increased by employing series connected power switches.
3. STATCOM CONTROL
The operating principle of VSC based STATCOMs is to control the power transfer between the converter
and the system by adjusting the converter ac-voltage. If the converter voltage equals the system voltage no
power flow occurs because the voltage over the supply filter is zero. The STATCOM draws lagging current,
i.e. absorbs VArs, when the converter voltage is adjusted smaller than the system voltage. Similarly, leading
current is drawn, i.e. VArs are generated, when the converter voltage is adjusted higher than the system
voltage [1]. The active power transfer is controlled by adjusting the converter output voltage phase-angle
with the respect to the system voltage and is required to control the converter dc-link voltage.
Two essential parts of the STATCOM control system are generation of the references for voltage/current
disturbance compensation and closed loop current control [10-12]. In this study the compensation references
are generated by detecting the disturbances from measured load currents. Three methods for harmonic
detection and current reference generation are studied. Moreover, three different current control methods for
NPC converter are examined. The principle of the control system examined is shown in Fig. 3.
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Figure 3. Principle of STATCOM control system
3.1. Harmonic Detection and Current Reference Generation 3.1.1. Synchronous d-q Frame Based Harmonic Detection
The first current reference generation method examined is the synchronous d-q frame based harmonic
detection [14-16]. The operating principle of the method, shown in Fig. 4, is based on separating all non-
active current components from the fundamental frequency active current component. This is carried out
using measured load currents, which are transformed into rotating d-q coordinates where the real d-axis is
tied to the angle of the supply voltage space-vector. The current reference i*st,d for d-axis STATCOM current
is obtained by removing the dc-component of d-axis load current iload,d and inverting the remaining ac-
component. The q-axis STATCOM current reference i*st,q is obtained by inverting the q-axis load current
iload,q.
In this study the detection method is used with two current control delay compensation methods to improve
the STATCOM performance. The purpose of the delay compensation methods is to decrease the effect of
current control delay resulting from discrete-time control algorithm calculation, measurement delays, and
compensator dynamics. The first one, the computational delay compensation, is included in block ‘CDC’ of
Fig. 4 and is used when the load currents are non-periodic [15, 16]. The method is based on the estimated
compensator dynamics and linear extrapolation of current references. The second delay compensation
method is used when the load currents are strictly periodic and is based on the prediction of load current
behavior using current measurement data sampled and stored during previous line cycles [16, 17]. In
Figure 4 the load current samples are stored in blocks ’m samples’ and when the predictive delay
compensation is used the STATCOM d-q current references at discrete time instant k are generated using the
load current samples iload,d(k-(m-2)) and iload,q(k-(m-2)) instead of newly sampled values iload,d(k) and iload,q(k).
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Figure 4. Principle of synchronous d-q frame based harmonic detection
3.1.2. Band-Pass Filter Based Selective Harmonic Detection
The second harmonic detection method studied is based on the use of discrete-time band-pass filters [18].
The operating principle of the method, shown in Fig. 5, is to measure the load currents and to detect the
desired load current harmonics in rotating d-q coordinates using band-pass filters. The d-axis load current
iload,d harmonic detection in Fig. 5 includes three band-pass filters (BPF) tuned to filter 100 Hz, 300 Hz and
600 Hz signals. The q-axis load current iload,q harmonic detection is otherwise similar, but the fundamental
frequency reactive current is also extracted using a low-pass filter (LPF). The STATCOM current references
i*st,d and i
*st,q are obtained by summing and inverting the detected non-active current components. The current
control delay is compensated using discrete-time phase lead compensators (PLC), which add positive phase
angle to the detected harmonics [18].
Figure 5. Principle of band-pass filter based selective harmonic detection
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3.1.3. Recursive Discrete Fourier Transform Based Selective Harmonic Detection
The third harmonic detection method studied is based on recursive discrete Fourier transform (RDFT) [19].
The operating principle of the method, shown in Fig. 6, is to detect the desired load current harmonics using
individual d-q frames rotating at frequency nfsup (or −nfsup in the case of a negative sequence harmonic),
where n denotes the nth harmonic order [10, 17, 19]. The d- and q-axis load current components flowing at
the frequency of the reference frames are seen as dc-quantities and are extracted in blocks ‘Filter’ using
moving average calculation. The overall operation of the method corresponds to recursive discrete Fourier
transform [19].
The current control delay compensation is included in the d-q coordinate transformations by adding a
compensating angle φd,n to the synchronous reference frame angle φsup when the transformation back to the
50 Hz d-q frame is carried out [19]. The d- and q-axis STATCOM current references i*st,d and i
*st,q are
obtained by summing and inverting the detected non-active current components.
A drawback of the RDFT method is the large computation performance and memory capacity required,
because the d- and q-axis current samples in each reference frame must be stored for the moving average
calculation [10]. However, the accuracy, detection speed and selectivity of the RDFT method are better than
those of the band-pass filter based method.
Figure 6. Principle of recursive discrete Fourier transform based selective harmonic detection
3.2. Current Control Methods
3.2.1. Linear Current Control Based on PD Controllers and Space-Vector PWM
The principle of the first current control method examined is shown in Fig. 7. The operating principle of the
method is based on the fact that current flow between the STATCOM and the mains can be controlled by
varying the voltage over the supply filter Lf [16, 20]. Since the mains voltage usup is fixed the supply filter
voltage is controlled with STATCOM voltage ust. The closed loop control of STATCOM currents ist is
implemented in supply voltage oriented d-q reference frame using PD controllers. The PD controller outputs
u*LR,d and u
*LR,q are summed with cross coupling compensation terms –ωsupLfist,q and ωsupLfist,d, respectively,
to obtain the references for supply filter voltages u*Lf,(d,q). The supply filter voltage references are subtracted
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from the supply voltage components usup,d and usup,q to obtain the STATCOM voltage references that are
realized using space-vector pulse-width modulation (SVPWM).
Figure 7. Principle of linear current control based on PD controllers and SVPWM
3.2.2. Three-Phase Hysteresis Current Control
Second current control method studied is three-phase hysteresis current control (HCC) [21]. The operating
principle of the method is shown in Fig. 8. The measured STATCOM currents ist,(a,b,c) are subtracted from the
references i*st,(a,b,c) and the errors ∆ist,(a,b,c) are led to hysteresis comparators. The outputs of the comparators,
denoted as λa, λb and λc, can have values –1, 0, and 1 and are used in the switching logic to determine the
switching states, which force the converter phase currents to remain within the hysteresis bands. The
capacitor voltage balancing algorithms are included in the switching logic.
Figure 8. Principle of three-phase hysteresis current control.
3.2.3. Space-Vector Based α-β Hysteresis Current Control
The third current control method studied is the space-vector based α-β hysteresis current control [22]. The
operating principle of the method is shown in Fig. 9. The STATCOM currents are measured, transformed
into stationary α-β coordinates and subtracted from the current references i*st,α and i
*st,β. The errors ∆ist,α and
∆ist,β are led to hysteresis comparators which outputs λα and λβ can have values –2, –1, 0, 1, and 2. The
variables λα and λβ are used in the switching logic to determine the switching states that keep the converter
currents within the hysteresis bands.
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Figure 9. Principle of space-vector based α-β hysteresis current control.
4. SIMULATION RESULTS
This chapter examines the operation of the harmonic detection methods, current control methods, and three-
level STATCOM by means of computer simulations. Simulations were carried out using the Simplorer and
Simulink softwares. The circuit models were implemented in Simplorer and the control system models in
Simulink. The control system models were combined with the circuit models using Simplorer’s Simulink
coupling interface. First, the operation of the harmonic detection methods studied in Section 3.1 is examined
by simulating the operation of a three-level 10 MVA STATCOM. Second, the performances of the current
control methods discussed in Section 3.2 are examined and compared. Finally, the operation of an electric
arc furnace flicker mitigation system based on a 2 MVA STATCOM is examined.
4.1. Harmonic Detection Methods
In this section the harmonic detection methods presented in Section 3.1 are examined by simulating the
operation of a 10 MVA three-level STATCOM connected to a 21 kV line. The goal is to use the STATCOM
to mitigate supply current harmonics up to the 13th order. The STATCOM control system is similar to that
shown in Fig. 3. The STATCOM dc-link voltage is 40 kV, the supply filter inductance is 32.8 mH and the
switching frequency is 700 – 1000 Hz.
4.1.1. Steady-State Load Compensation
First, the STATCOM operation is studied during steady-state. The compensated load is a three-phase diode
bridge supplying a resistive-inductive load. The load phase-a current is shown in Fig. 10(a) and, for
comparison, Fig. 10(b) shows the supply phase-a current compensated using the synchronous d-q frame
based harmonic detection method without delay compensation. The results obtained using the BPF and the
RDFT based methods are shown in Figs. 10(c)-(d). The results obtained using the synchronous d-q frame
based detection method with delay compensation is shown in Fig. 10(e). Ratios of the supply phase-a current
harmonics to the corresponding load current harmonics are shown in Fig. 10(f). The results show that
harmonic mitigation is not possible without control delay compensation. When control delay compensation
is used the 5th and the 7
th supply current harmonics are decreased by ca. 80 % and, depending on the
detection method used, the 11th and the 13
th harmonics by ca. 40 % or more. Best compensation accuracy is
achieved with the RDFT based detection method.
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Figure 10. Steady-state compensation results. (a) Load currents. Supply currents compensated
using (b) the synchronous d-q frame based detection without delay compensation, (c) BPF based
detection, (d) RDFT based detection, (e) synchronous d-q frame based detection with delay
compensation, (f) the ratios of 5th, 7
th, 11
th, and 13
th supply current harmonics to corresponding
load current harmonics.
4.1.2. Nonperiodic Load Compensation
Next, the STATCOM operation in nonperiodic load compensation is examined. The load currents and the
compensated supply currents are shown in Figs. 11 – 14. The results show that the detection speed of
selective methods is not sufficient to solve the harmonic content of stochastic load currents and the
compensation performance is impaired (Figs. 12 – 13). However, the supply current waveforms are
improved with each of the detection methods. Thus, mitigation of current harmonics is possible during
periodic load conditions with all harmonic detection methods studied if control delay compensation methods
examined are used. Nonetheless, the synchronous d-q frame based harmonic detection method provides
fastest detection speed to compensate nonperiodic load currents.
Figure 11. Load currents.
Figure 12. Supply currents compensated using the BPF based selective harmonic detection.
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Figure 13. Supply currents compensated using the RDFT based selective harmonic detection.
Figure 14. Supply currents compensated using the synchronous d-q frame based harmonic
detection.
4.2. Current Control Methods
In this section the performances of current control methods studied in Section 3.2 are examined and
compared. The comparison is carried out by simulating the operation of a 2 MVA STATCOM in current
distortion filtering. The STATCOM is connected to a 2 kV line through an LCL filter where the converter
side inductance is 400 µH and the supply side inductance is 100 µH. The filter capacitors (33 µF) are
connected in delta and the filter is damped passively by connecting damping resistors (8 Ω) in series with the
capacitors. The dc-link voltage is 3.6 kV and the average STATCOM switching frequency is 3.5 kHz. The
control system used is similar to that shown in Fig. 3. The harmonic detection method used in the
simulations is the synchronous d-q frame based method studied in Section 3.1.1. The control delay is
compensated using the computational delay compensation (CDC) method.
The load currents and the filtered supply currents are shown in Fig. 15. The ratios of individual supply
current harmonics to the corresponding load current harmonics are shown in Fig. 16. The HCC methods
perform better in the filtering of harmonics above the 19th order because linear current control method
includes a larger control delay in the current control loop, resulting from discrete-time control algorithm
calculation and pulse-width modulation. The 3-phase HCC performs slightly better than the α-β HCC
method. The supply current THDs are shown in Fig. 17. The smallest THD is obtained with the 3-phase
HCC and the largest with linear current control method.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
Figure 15. (a) Load currents. Supply currents compensated using (b) linear current control, (c)
3-phase hysteresis current control, (d) α-β hysteresis current control.
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Figure 16. Ratio of the supply current harmonics to the corresponding load harmonics.
(a) Phase-a, (b) phase-b, (c) phase-c.
Figure 17. Supply currents THDs.
4.3. Electric Arc Furnace Flicker Mitigation
Finally, the operation of three-level STATCOM in an electric arc furnace flicker mitigation application is
examined. The principle of the simulation model, reduced to 2 kV and 2 MVA level, is shown in Fig. 18.
The model comprises a 2 MVA three-level STATCOM and two passive filter banks tuned to 2nd
and 3rd
harmonic frequencies. The model parameters are given in Table I. The average STATCOM switching
frequency is 3.5 kHz. The STATCOM operation is simulated using the current control methods studied in
Section 3.2 and the current references are generated using the synchronous d-q frame based method studied
in Section 3.1.1. The flicker mitigation performance is analyzed by calculating short-term Pst flicker indices
at the point-of-common-coupling before and after the compensation.
Figure 18. Principle of flicker mitigation system simulation model.
TABLE I. SIMULATION MODEL PARAMETERS.
Mains STATCOM Passive filters
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usup 2 kV Lsf 100 µH L2F 5268.35 µH
fsup 50 Hz Lff 400 µH R2F 13.22 Ω
Lnet 76.39 µH Cf,SVPWM 15 µF C2F1 1920.88 µF
Rnet 1.41 mΩ Rd,SVPWM 3.5 Ω C2F2 641.3 µF
LTR1 397.25 µH Cf,HCC 33 µF R2Fd 66.2 mΩ
RTR1 6.05 mΩ Rd,HCC 8 Ω L3F 1348.76 mH
RTR2 0.83 mΩ C1, C2 9.6 mF C3F 862.13 µF
LTR2 58.0 µH uC1, uC2 1.8 kV R3Fd 50 mΩ
The control system used in the simulations is shown in Fig. 19 and consists of control loops for STATCOM
current, dc voltage, supply voltage, and average reactive power. The purpose of the supply voltage control
loop is to compensate rapid supply voltage fluctuations by controlling the reactive current injected by the
STATCOM at the point of common coupling (PCC). The control loop is not used to regulate the voltage to
prevent interaction with the average reactive power control loop. The purpose of the average reactive power
control loop is to correct the power factor at unity over a long time period.
Figure 19. STATCOM control system.
The simulated EAF currents, the compensated supply currents and dc-voltages during a 110 ms period are
shown in Figs. 20 – 23. Without compensation the supply currents in Fig. 20 are unbalanced and distorted.
After compensation the supply currents in Figs. 21(a), 22(a), and 23(a) are nearly sinusoidal and balanced.
The dc-link voltage waveforms in Figs. 21(b), 22(b), and 23(b) show that the capacitor voltages are
balanced.
Figure 20. Electric arc furnace currents.
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Figure 21. (a) Supply currents compensated using the linear current control based on PD
controllers and SVPWM. (b) DC-link capacitor voltages.
(a) (b)
Figure 22. (a) Supply currents compensated using the 3-phase HCC method. (b) DC-link capacitor voltages.
(a) (b)
Figure 23. (a) Supply currents compensated using the basic α-β HCC method. (b) DC-link capacitor voltages.
Finally, the short-term flicker severity indices Pst were calculated for the voltages at the PCC. The PCC
voltage rms values before and after compensation with the linear current control based on PD controllers and
SVPWM are shown in Fig. 24. The results show that the voltage fluctuation is effectively mitigated. The
waveforms obtained with the other current control methods are very similar and therefore not included. The
results of flicker index calculation are shown in Fig. 25. The flicker indices obtained without compensation
are denoted as ‘Uncomp.’. The results show that the compensation decreases the flicker index Pst values from
ca. 2.0 – 2.7 to below 0.7. In conclusion, nearly similar flicker mitigation performances were achieved with
each current control method examined.
(a) (b)
Figure 24. Rms voltages at the point-of-common-coupling. (a) Without compensation, (b) after the compensation
with the linear current control based on PD controllers and space-vector PWM.
Figure 25. Short-term flicker severity indices Pst.
5. CONCLUSIONS
The goal of the report was to examine the STATCOM operation by means of non-real-time computer
simulations. The three-level neutral point clamped voltage source converter was selected as the STATCOM
topology for the simulations. The simulations were carried out using the combination of Simplorer and
Simulink softwares. First, the operation of three harmonic detection methods studied was compared. In
steady-state load compensation somewhat similar compensation results were obtained. However, the
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detection accuracy of selective harmonic detection methods was impaired in nonperiodic load compensation
due to the finite detection time required to solve the harmonic content of the load current. The best
performance in nonperiodic load compensation was achieved with the synchronous d-q frame based method.
The comparison of current control methods studied indicated that the best performance in current distortion
compensation was achieved with the 3-phase hysteresis current control method. Finally, the operation of the
current control methods examined was compared in an electric arc furnace flicker mitigation application. The
compensation system simulated comprised a 2 MVA STATCOM and two passive filter banks tuned to 2nd
and 3rd
harmonic frequencies. The simulation results showed that the compensation system examined is an
effective solution for voltage flicker mitigation.
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