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Title Elemination of Low Order Harmonics from STATCOM using SHE-PWM
Authors Soon-Ho Choi ; Chan-Ki Kim ; Seong-Doo Lee
DOI 10.6113/TKPE/2014.19.5.450
Page pp.450-456
ISSN 1229-2214
Keywords STATCOM; Harmonic instability; Selective harmonic elimination(SHE)-PWM; HVDC transmission
Abstract In HVDC converters that employ a line-commutated control, reactive power is absorbed by the rectifier and inverter terminals during AC/DC conversion. An AC filter usually consists of filters and large shunt capacitors to supply reactive power to the HVDC station. When STATCOM is used to supply reactive power to the HVDC system with AC filter, the low-order harmonics generated from STATCOM can result in a resonance between the shunt capacitor and AC network. Therefore, a control strategy based on selective harmonic elimination is adopted to minimize the low-order harmonics from STATCOM. The cancellation of harmonic instabilities is verified through simulations in PSCAD/EMTDC.