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The Transactions P of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers

Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering

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Title A New Control Scheme for Maintaining Balanced DC Voltages in Static Var Compensator(SVC) Using Cascade Multilevel Inverter
Authors 민완기(Min, Wan-Ki) ; 민준기(Min, Joon-Ki) ; 최재호(Choi, Jae-Ho)
Page pp.179-184
ISSN 1229-800X
Keywords SVC ; Cascade Multilevel Inverter ; HBI ; Balanced DC Voltage ; SHEM
Abstract This paper examines the application of high voltage static var compensator(SVC) with cascade multilevel inverter which employs H-bridge inverter(HBI). A new switching scheme is developed for the SVC system. To improve the unbalanced problem of the DC capacitor voltages, the rotated switching scheme of fundamental frequency is newly used. The optimized fundamental switching pattern with low switching frequency is adapted to be suitable for high application. The selective harmonic elimination method(SHEM) allows to keep the total harmonic distortion(THD) low in the output voltage of multilevel inverter. The SVC system is modeled using the d-q transform which calculates the instantaneous reactive power. This model is used to design a controller and analyze the SVC system. Simulated and experimental results are also presented and discussed to validate the proposed schemes.