The Performance of the BTB-VSC for Active Power Balancing, Reactive Power Compensation and Current Harmonic Filtering in the Interconnected Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. System Description and Analysis
2.1. Modeling of the BTB-VSC Converter
2.2. PQ Operating Modes
3. Control Strategy
3.1. Controllers Design
3.2. Simulation Results
3.2.1. Case 8: Active Power Regulation and Reactive Power Compensation
3.2.2. Active Filter Performance
4. Experimental Results
4.1. Active Power Regulation and Reactive Power Compensation
4.2. Active Power and Reactive Power Regulation and Current Harmonic Compensation
5. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Case | P | Q1 | Q2 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Grid and BTB-VSC Parameters | |||
---|---|---|---|
Grid Voltage | 220 Vrms | Vdc | 550 V |
ω1,2 | 377 rad/s | SBTB-VSC | 30 kVA |
L1 | 4.1 mH | fsw | 4.86 kHz |
L2 | 5.3 mH | Cdc | 4700 µF |
R1 | 30 mΩ | ||
R2 | 30 mΩ |
Gain | Controller | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
vdc | Q1 | P2 | Q2 | |
kp | 0.514 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 |
ki | 102 | −2.9375 | 3.6971 | −2.9375 |
Harmonic Order | Load [Arms] | BTB-VSC [Arms] | TR2 [Arms] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
h | Magnitude | % | Magnitude | Magnitude | % |
1 | 52.02 | 100 | 0.01 | 52.01 | 100 |
5 | 11.75 | 22.58 | 11.39 | 0.35 | 0.68 |
7 | 5.54 | 10.64 | 5.20 | 0.33 | 0.64 |
11 | 4.24 | 8.14 | 3.91 | 0.33 | 0.63 |
13 | 2.65 | 5.10 | 2.33 | 0.33 | 0.63 |
17 | 2.16 | 4.15 | 1.81 | 0.35 | 0.67 |
19 | 1.46 | 2.81 | 1.12 | 0.34 | 0.65 |
THDc | 27.21 | 1.59 |
Grid and BTB-VSC Parameters | |
---|---|
V1abc | 127–50 Vrms |
V2abc | 12–42 Vrms |
STR1, STR2 | 3 kVA |
ω1,2 | 377 rad/s |
L1 | 4.1 mH |
L2 | 5.3 mH |
R1 | 284 mΩ |
R2 | 330 mΩ |
Vdc | 150 V |
SBTB-VSC | 3 kVA |
fsw | 4.81 kHz |
Cdc | 1050 µF |
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Alcalá, J.; Cárdenas, V.; Aganza, A.; Gudiño-Lau, J.; Charre, S. The Performance of the BTB-VSC for Active Power Balancing, Reactive Power Compensation and Current Harmonic Filtering in the Interconnected Systems. Energies 2020, 13, 831. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040831
Alcalá J, Cárdenas V, Aganza A, Gudiño-Lau J, Charre S. The Performance of the BTB-VSC for Active Power Balancing, Reactive Power Compensation and Current Harmonic Filtering in the Interconnected Systems. Energies. 2020; 13(4):831. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040831
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlcalá, Janeth, Víctor Cárdenas, Alejandro Aganza, Jorge Gudiño-Lau, and Saida Charre. 2020. "The Performance of the BTB-VSC for Active Power Balancing, Reactive Power Compensation and Current Harmonic Filtering in the Interconnected Systems" Energies 13, no. 4: 831. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040831