ABSTRACT:
The 48-pulse series connected 3-level Neutral Point Clamped
(NPC) converter approach has been used in Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC)
application due to its near sinusoidal voltage quality. This paper investigates
the control and operation of series and shunt converters with 48-pulse Voltage
Source Converters (VSC) for UPFC application. A novel controller for series
converter is designed based on the “angle control” of the 48-pulse voltage
source converter. The complete simulation model of shunt and series converters
for UPFC application is implemented in Matlab/Simulink. The practical real and
reactive power operation boundary of UPFC in a 3-bus power system is
specifically investigated. The performance of UPFC connected to the 500-kV grid
with the proposed controller is evaluated. The simulation results validate the
proposed control scheme under both steady state and dynamic operating conditions.
KEYWORDS:
1.
48-pulse
converter
2.
Neutral Point
Clamped (NPC) converter
3.
Angle control
4.
Unified Power
Flow Controller (UPFC)
SOFTWARE: MATLAB/SIMULINK
BLOCK DIAGRAM:
Fig. 1. 48-pulse VSC based +100 MVA UPFC in a 3-bus power system
EXPECTED SIMULATION RESULTS:
Fig.2
Line real power (top) and reactive power (bottom) references (MVA)
Fig.
3 Measured real and reactive power, DC link voltage and converter angles (Top
trace: measured line real power (MW); second top trace: measured line reactive
power, (MVar); third top trace: DC bus voltage; fourth top trace: shunt
converter angle α ; fifth top trace: series converter angle α ; bottom trace:
series converter angle σ ).
Fig.4
Shunt converter output voltage (blue), Line voltage (green) and shunt
converter
current (red) (5.42s-5.48s)
Fig.5
Shunt converter real power (blue, p.u.), reactive power (green, p.u.).
Fig.6
Current (p.u.) of transmission line L1.
Fig.7
Series converter 48 pulse converter voltage (blue, p.u.) and current
(black,
p.u.) during time 2~2.03s (when real power reference is increased)
Fig.
8 Series converter angle σ vs. DC bus voltage (Top trace: line real
power
and reactive power; second top trace: shunt converter injected reactive
power;
third top trace: DC bus voltage; bottom trace: series converter
angle
σ )
CONCLUSION:
In
this paper, the control and operation of series and shunt converters with
48-pulse series connected 3-level NPC converter for UPFC application are
investigated. A new angle controller for 48-pulse series converter is proposed
to control the series injection voltage, and therefore the real and reactive power
flow on the compensated line. The practical UPFC real and reactive power
operation boundary in a 3-bus system is investigated; this provides a benchmark
to set the system P and Q references. The simulation of UPFC connected to the 500-kV
grid verifies the proposed controller and the independent real power and reactive
power control of UPFC with series connected transformer based 48-pulse
converter.
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