Three leg VSC Based DSTATCOM and T-Connected Transformer for Power Quality Improvement

International Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology Vol. 0, No. 0, Jan-Dec 0 Three leg VSC Based DSTATCOM and T-Connected Transformer for Power Quality Improvement G. KEERTHANA and S. DILEEP KUMAR VARMA Department of Electrical & Electronics Engg. Shri Vishnu Engg. College for Women, A.P., India Email: keerthana.gamini@gmail.com, sagiraju_dileep@svecw.edu.in Abstract: In this paper, a new three-phase four-wire distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) based on a T-connected transformer and a three-leg voltage source converter (VSC) is proposed for power quality improvement. The T-connected transformer connection mitigates the neutral current and the three-leg VSC compensates harmonic current, reactive power, and balances the load. Two single-phase transformers are connected in T-configuration for interfacing to a three-phase four-wire power distribution system and the required rating of the VSC is reduced. The insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) based VSC is supported by a capacitor and is controlled for the required compensation of the load current. The dc bus voltage of the VSC is regulated during varying load conditions. The DSTATCOM is tested for power factor correction and voltage regulation along with neutral current compensation, harmonic elimination, and balancing of linear loads as well as nonlinear loads. The performance of the three-phase four wires DSTATCOM is validated using MATLAB software with its Simulink and power system blockset toolboxes. Keywords: Distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM); neutral current compensation; power quality improvement; T-connected transformer; voltage source converter (VSC). Introduction: Three-Phase four-wire distribution systems are facing severe power quality problems such as poor voltage regulation, high reactive power and harmonics current burden, load unbalancing, excessive neutral current, etc. Three-phase four-wire distribution systems are used in commercial buildings, office buildings, hospitals, etc. Most of the loads in these locations are nonlinear loads and are mostly unbalanced loads in the distribution system. This creates excessive neutral current both of fundamental and harmonic frequency and the neutral conductor gets overloaded. The voltage regulation is also poor in the distribution system due to the unplanned expansion and the installation of different types of loads in the existing distribution system. In order to control the power quality problems, many standards are proposed, such as the IEEE-59 standard. There are mitigation techniques for power quality problems in the distribution system and the group of devices is known by the generic name of custom power devices (CPDs). The distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) is a shunt-connected CPD capable of compensating power quality problems in the load current. Some of the topologies of DSTATCOM for three phase four-wire system for the mitigation of neutral current along with power quality compensation in the source current are fourleg voltage source converter (VSC), three singlephase VSCs, three-leg VSC with split capacitors, three-leg VSC with zig-zag transformer, and three-leg VSC with neutral terminal at the positive or negative of dc bus. The voltage regulation in the distribution feeder is improved by installing a shunt compensator. There are many control schemes reported in the literature for control of shunt active compensators such as instantaneous reactive power theory, power balance theory, synchronous reference frame theory, symmetrical components based, etc. The synchronous reference frame theory is used for the control of the proposed DSTATCOM. System configuration and design: The shunt-connected DSTATCOM based distribution system. The dc capacitor connected at the dc bus of the converter acts as an energy buffer and establishes a dc voltage for the normal operation of the DSTATCOM system. The DSTATCOM can be operated for reactive power compensation for power factor correction or voltage regulation. Fig.: (a) single-line diagram of DSTATCOM system. (b)phasor diagram for UPF operation (c) ZVR operation. IJASET 0007 Copyright 0 BASHA RESEARCH CENTRE. All rights reserved.

G. KEERTHANA, S. DILEEP KUMAR VARMA Fig. : Schematics of the proposed three-leg VSC with T-connected transformer-based DSTATCOM connected in distribution system. Where the T-connected transformer is responsible for neutral current compensation. A three-leg VSC is used as IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, VOLUME,NOV6 00 an active shunt compensator along with a star-connected transformer, as shown in Fig. and this topology has six IGBTs, three ac inductors, and one dc capacitor. The required compensation to be provided by the DSTATCOM decides the rating of the VSC components. The data of DSTATCOM system considered for analysis is shown in the Appendix. A. DC Capacitor Voltage The minimum dc bus voltage of VSC of DSTATCOM should be greater than twice the peak of the phase voltage of the system. The dc bus voltage is calculated as V () dc VLL m Where m is the modulation index and is considered as, and V LL is the ac line output voltage of DSTATCOM. Thus, V dc is obtained as 677.69 V for V LL of 45 V and is selected as 700 V. C. AC Inductor The selection of the ac inductance (L f ) of VSC depends on the current ripple i (cr,p-p), switching frequency f s, dc bus voltage (V dc ), and L f is given as [7] L f mv afs dc icr ( p p ) () Where m is the modulation index and a is the overload factor. Considering, i cr,p-p = 5%, fs = 0 khz, m =, V dc = 700 V, a =., the L f value is calculated to be.44 mh. A round-off value of Lf of.5 mh is selected in this investigation. D. Ripple Filter A low-pass first-order filter tuned at half the switching frequency is used to filter the highfrequency noise from the voltage at the PCC. Considering a low impedance of 8. Ω for the harmonic voltage at a frequency of 5 khz, the ripple filter capacitor is designed as Cf = 5 μf. A series resistance (Rf ) of 5 Ω is included in series with the capacitor (Cf ). The impedance is found to be 67 Ω at fundamental frequency, which is sufficiently large, and hence, the ripple filter draws negligible fundamental current. E. Design of the T-connected transformer Fig. (a) shows the connection of two single-phase transformers in T-configuration for interfacing with three-phase four-wire system. The T- connected transformer not only provides a path for the zerosequence fundamental current and harmonic current when connected in shunt at point of common coupling (PCC). B. DC Bus Capacitor The value of dc capacitor (C dc ) of VSC of DSTATCOM depends on the instantaneous energy available to the DSTATCOM during transients. The principle of energy conservation is applied as Cdc [(V dc ) (V dc )] = V(aI) t () Where V dc is the reference dc voltage and V dc is the minimum voltage level of dc bus, a is the overloading factor, V is the phase voltage, I is the phase current, and t is the time by which the dc bus voltage is to be recovered. Considering the minimum voltage level of the dc bus, V dc = 690 V, V dc = 700 V, V = 9.60 V, I = 7.8 A, t = 50 μs, a =., the calculated value of C dc is 600 μf and is selected as 000 μf. Fig..(a) T-connected transformer and three-leg VSC. (b) Phasor diagram. The phasor diagram shown in Fig. (b) gives the following relations to find the turns ratio of the windings. If the V a and V b are the voltage across each winding and V a is the resultant voltage, then V a = K V a (4) V b = K V a (5) Vol. 0, No. 0, Jan-Dec 0, pp -6

Three leg VSC Based DSTATCOM and T-Connected Transformer for Power Quality Improvement Where K and K are the fractions of windings in phases. Considering va vb v and V a =V a cos 0 0, and V b =V a sin0 0, then from (4) and (5), one gets, K=0.866 and k =0.5. The line voltage is V ca =45v Va=Vb=Vc= 45 9.60V (6) V a =07.49 V, V b =9.80V. (7) Control of DSTATCOM: The control approaches available for the generation of reference source currents for the control of VSC of DSTATCOM for three-phase four-wire system are instantaneous reactive power theory (IRPT), synchronous reference frame theory (SRFT),unity power factor(upf)based, instantaneous symmetrical components based, etc. The SRFT is used in this investigation for the control of the DSTATCOM. Fig. 4: Control algorithm for the three-leg-vscbased DSTATCOM in a three-phase four-wire system. A block diagram of the control scheme is shown in Fig. 4. The load currents (i La, i Lb, i Lc ), the PCC voltages (v Sa, v Sb, v Sc ), and dc bus voltage (v dc ) of DSTATCOM are sensed as feedback signals. The load currents from the a b c frame are first converted to the α β o frame and then to the d-q-0 frame by using cos cos( ) cos( ) ilq ila (8) Lb ild sin sin( ) sin( ) i il0 ilc Where cos θ and sin θ are obtained using a threephase phase locked loop (PLL). A PLL signal is obtained from terminal voltages for generation of fundamental unit vectors for conversion of sensed currents to the d q o reference frame. The SRF controller extracts dc quantities by a low-pass filter, and hence, the non-dc quantities (harmonics) are separated from the reference signal. The d-axis and q- axis currents consist of fundamental and harmonic components as i Ld = i d dc + i d ac (9) i Lq = i q dc + i q ac (0) A. UPF Operation of DSTATCOM The control strategy for reactive power compensation for UPF operation considers that the source must deliver the mean value of the direct-axis component of the load current along with the active power component current for maintaining the dc bus and meeting the losses (i loss ) in DSTATCOM. The output of the proportional-integral (PI) controller at the dc bus voltage of DSTATCOM is considered as the current (i loss ) for meeting its losses iloss( iloss( n ) kpd( vdc( vdc( n ) ) kidvde( () Where v de( = v * dc v dc( is the error between the reference v * dc and sensed v dc voltages at the nth sampling instant. K pd and K id are the proportional and integral gains of the dc bus voltage PI controller. The reference source current is therefore i * d = i d dc +i loss. () The reference source current must be in phase with the voltage at the PCC but with no zero-sequence component. It is therefore obtained by the following reverse Park s transformation with i * d as in () and i * q and i * 0 as zero. i a * cos ib* cos( ) ic* cos( ) sin sin( ) sin( ) id * iq * 0 i * () B. Zero-Voltage Regulation (ZVR) Operation of DSTATCOM The compensating strategy for ZVR operation considers that the source must deliver the same directaxis component i* d, as mentioned in () along with the sum of quadrature-axis current (i q dc ) and the component obtained from the PI controller (i qr ) used for regulating the voltage at PCC. The amplitude of ac terminal voltage (V S ) at the PCC is controlled to its reference voltage (V* S ) using the PI controller. The output of PI controller is considered as the reactive component of current (i qr ) for zero-voltage regulation of ac voltage at PCC. The amplitude of ac voltage (V S ) at PCC is calculated from the ac voltages (v sa, v sb, v sc ) as V sa sb sc s (4) v v Then, a PI controller is used to regulate this voltage to a reference value as i qr( iqr( n ) Kpq( vte( vte( n ) ) Kiqvte( v (5) Vol. 0, No. 0, Jan-Dec 0, pp -6

G. KEERTHANA, S. DILEEP KUMAR VARMA Where v te( = V S V S( denotes the error between reference (V*S ) and actual (V S( ) terminal voltage amplitudes at the nth sampling instant. K pq and K iq are the proportional and integral gains of the dc bus voltage PI controller. The reference source quadrature-axis current is i * q = iq dc + i qr. (6) The reference source current is obtained by reverse Park s transformation using () with i* d as in () and i* q as in (6) and i* 0 as zero. connected as shown in Fig. 5. The available model of linear transformers, which includes losses, is used for modeling the Star-connected transformer. The control algorithm for the DSTATCOM is also modeled in MATLAB. The reference source currents are derived from the sensed PCC voltages (v sa, v sb, v sc ), load currents (i La, i Lb, i Lc ), and the dc bus voltage of DSTATCOM (v dc ). A PWM current controller is used over the reference and sensed source currents to generate the gating signals for the IGBTs of the VSC of the DSTATCOM. C. Computation of Controller Gains The gains of the controllers are obtained using the Ziegler Nichols step response technique. A step input of amplitude (U) is applied and the output response of the dc bus voltage is obtained for the open-loop system. The maximum gradient (G) and the point at which the line of maximum gradient crosses the time axis (T) are computed. The gains of the controller are computed using the following equations:. U Kp GT (7) 0.6U Ki GT (8) Fig. 6: Performance of a three-phase three-leg VSC and Star-connected transformer-based DSTATCOM for neutral current compensation, load balancing, and voltage regulation. Results and Discussion: The performance of this paper is demonstrated for power factor correction and voltage regulation along with harmonic reduction, load balancing, and neutral current compensation. Fig. 5: Previous Method of MATLAB model of the T- connected transformer and the three-leg- VSC-based DSTATCOM-connected system. D. Current-Controlled Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Generator In a current controller, the sensed and reference source currents are compared and a proportional controller is used for amplifying current error in each phase before comparing with a triangular carrier signal to generate the gating signals for six IGBT switches of VSC of DSTATCOM. Modeling and simulation: The three-leg VSC and the Star-connected transformer based DSTATCOM connected to a threephase four-wire system is modeled and simulated using the MATLAB with its Simulink and PSBs. The ripple filter is connected to the DSTATCOM for filtering the ripple in the PCC voltage. The MATLAB-based model of the three-phase four-wire DSTATCOM is shown in Fig. 5. The Star -connected transformer in parallel to the load, the three-phase source, and the shunt-connected three-leg VSC are A. Performance of DSTATCOM With Linear Load for Neutral Current Compensation, Load Balancing, and ZVR Operation: The dynamic performance of the DSTATCOM under linear lagging power factor unbalanced load condition is shown in Fig. 7: At 0.6 s, the load is changed to two-phase load and to single-phase load at 0.7 s. These loads are applied again at 0.8 and 0.9 s, respectively. The PCC voltages (v S ), source currents (i S ), load currents (i L ), compensator close to the reference value under all disturbances. The amplitude of PCC voltage is maintained at the reference value under various load disturbances, which shows the ZVR mode of operation of DSTATCOM. Vol. 0, No. 0, Jan-Dec 0, pp -6

Three leg VSC Based DSTATCOM and T-Connected Transformer for Power Quality Improvement D. Performance of DSTATCOM With Nonlinear Load for Harmonic Compensation, Load Balancing, and UPF Operation: Fig. 7: Performance of a three-phase three-leg VSC and star-connected transformer-based DSTATCOM for neutral current compensation, load balancing, harmonic compensation, and voltage regulation B. Performance of DSTATCOM With Nonlinear Load for Harmonic Compensation, Load Balancing, and ZVR Operation: The dynamic performance of the DSTATCOM with nonlinear and unbalanced load is given in Fig. 7. It is observed that the harmonic current is compensated and the source currents are balanced and sinusoidal. At 0.8 s, the load is changed to two-phase load and to single-phase load at 0.9 s. The loads are applied again at.0 and. s, respectively. The source currents are still balanced and sinusoidal even when the load current in a phase is zero. The dc bus voltage of DSTATCOM is maintained at nearly its reference value under all load disturbances. C. Performance of DSTATCOM With Linear Load for Neutral Current Compensation, Load Balancing, and UPF Operation: The dynamic performance of the DSTATCOM during linear lagging power-factor-unbalanced load condition At 0.6 s, the load is changed to two-phase load and to single-phase load at 0.7 s. The loads are applied again at 0.8 and 0.9 s, respectively. The PCC voltages (v S ), source currents (i S ), load currents (i L ), compensator currents (i C ), source-neutral current (i Sn ), load-neutral current (i Ln ), compensator-neutral current (i Cn ), dc bus voltage (v dc ), and amplitude of voltage (V S ) at PCC are also depicted. The reactive power is compensated for power factor correction, and the source currents are balanced and sinusoidal. The source-neutral current is nearly zero and it verifies the proper compensation. It is also observed that the dc bus voltage of DSTATCOM is maintained at the reference value under all load disturbances. Fig. 8: Source current and the harmonic spectrum. The source currents are observed as balanced and sinusoidal under all these conditions. At.6 s, the load is changed to two-phase load and again to singlephase load at.7 s. The loads are applied again at.8 and.9 s, respectively. The PCC voltages (v S ), source currents (i S ), load currents (i La, i Lb, i Lc ), compensator currents (i C ), source-neutral current (i Sn ), compensator-neutral current (i Cn ), load-neutral current (i Ln ), dc bus voltage (v dc ), and amplitude of voltage (V S ) at PCC are also depicted. The dc bus voltage of DSTATCOM is maintained at the reference value under all load disturbances through proper control. 0, respectively. The total harmonic distortion of the source current is.7%, whereas that of the load current is 6.50%, and this shows the satisfactory performance of DSTATCOM for harmonic compensation as stipulated by the IEEE-59 standard. Fig. 9: Voltage at PCC with compensator Vol. 0, No. 0, Jan-Dec 0, pp -6

G. KEERTHANA, S. DILEEP KUMAR VARMA Conclusion: The performance of a new topology of this paper has been demonstrated for neutral current compensation along with reactive power compensation, harmonic elimination, and load balancing. The T-connected transformer has mitigated the source-neutral current. The voltage regulation and power factor correction modes of operation of the DSTATCOM have been observed and are as expected. The dc bus voltage of the DSTATCOM has been regulated to the reference dc bus voltage under all varying loads. Two single phase transformers are used for the Star-configuration of the transformer to interface with a three-phase fourwire system. The total kilovolt Amperes rating of the Star-connected transformer is lower than a star/delta transformer for a given neutral current compensation. 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