On control of cascaded H-bridge converters for STATCOM applications
Doctoral thesis, 2017
cascaded H-bridge converters
FACTS.
Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC)
STATCOM
Author
Ehsan Behrouzian
Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Electric Power Engineering
Impact of frequency modulation ratio on capacitor cells balancing in phase-shifted PWM based chain-link STATCOM
2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014,;(2014)p. 1931-1938
Paper in proceeding
An overview of multilevel converter topologies for grid connected applications
15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE). 2-6 Sept. 2013, Lille, France.,;(2013)p. 1-10 (Article no. 6634634)
Paper in proceeding
Investigation of negative sequence injection capability in H-bridge multilevel STATCOM
2014 16th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE-ECCE Europe 2014,;(2014)p. Art. no. 6910883-
Paper in proceeding
Individual capacitor voltage balancing in H-bridge cascaded multilevel STATCOM at zero current operating mode
17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE-ECCE Europe 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 September,;(2015)
Paper in proceeding
Investigation of Negative-Sequence Injection Capability of Cascaded H-Bridge Converters in Star and Delta Configuration
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,;Vol. 32(2016)p. 1675-1683
Journal article
Impact of Switching Harmonics on Capacitor Cells Balancing in Phase-Shifted PWM Based Cascaded H-Bridge STATCOM
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,;Vol. 32(2016)p. 815-824
Journal article
One of the most well-known FACTS device is STATic COMpensator (STATCOM). The main hardware part of a STATCOM is voltage source converter (VSC). The use of high-performance and cost-effective high power VSCs is a prerequisite for the realization of a STATCOM. Up to some years ago, the implementation of VSCs for high-power applications was difficult, which limited the use of STATCOM for low power applications. However, in the last decades the new generation of converters, called multilevel converters, has paved the way for the use of STATCOM for high-power applications. Among the multilevel VSCs family, the modular configurations such as Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) converters are the most interesting solutions for high-power grid-connected converter.
Although CHB converter are today the accepted solution for the implementation of STATCOM, challenges still exist both from a control and from a design point of view. The existing control methods are not utilizing the converter in the most appropriate way. This is for this reason that this thesis focuses on the control of CHB converters for STATCOM appplication and proposes a comprehensive control system to utilize the converter in the most optimize way.
Subject Categories
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
ISBN
978-91-7597-638-9
Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola. Ny serie: 4319
Publisher
Chalmers
EA-salen, Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers
Opponent: Prof. Vassilios Agelidis Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.