학술논문

Minimizing Neutral Current of Two Parallel STATCOMs
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Access Access, IEEE. 10:71728-71736 2022
Subject
Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Inverters
Automatic voltage control
Mathematical models
Modulation
Inductors
Power system stability
Legged locomotion
Four-leg STATCOMs
neutral current control
parallel three phase inverter
proportional control
Language
ISSN
2169-3536
Abstract
This paper proposes control augmentations to allow two Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOMs) devices to operate in parallel from a shared DC bus. Two parallel connected four-wire STATCOMs will be shown to be highly susceptible to an uncontrolled circulating current in the neutrals when operating with a three degree of freedom current control scheme. The circulating current can be calculated from the local inverter phase currents and neutral current. This paper shows the circulating component is readily suppressed by a neutral voltage offset that is determined by a proportional controller (P). The controller is validated by both simulation and experimental results.