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- Title
Control tuning methodology for modular multilevel converter‐based STATCOM.
- Authors
Sousa, Renata O.; Cupertino, Allan; Pinto, Jonathan H. D. G.; Morais, Lenin M. F.; Pereira, Heverton A.; Teodorescu, Remus
- Abstract
Summary: The application of modular multilevel converters (MMC) in medium voltage static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs) has been investigated in recent years. A huge challenge for MMC‐STATCOM is to compute the gain of the controllers. Therefore, the contribution of this paper is the proposal of a control tuning methodology for MMC‐STATCOM. For this purpose, the control and tuning strategies are presented. Since MMC‐STATCOM can employ different modulation strategies, two distinct modulation strategies are considered: nearest‐level control, with variable switching frequency; and phase‐shifted carrier pulse‐width modulation, with fixed switching frequency. Moreover, the proposal was validated through simulation and an experimental platform. The results indicate that the power response follows the reference, besides supplying the internal losses of the converter. The 10% ripple tolerance of the submodule voltages is respected in steady state for both modulation strategies. Moreover, the 5% total demand distortion (TDD) limit recommended by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard is attended. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the controls employed.
- Subjects
INSTITUTE of Electrical &; Electronics Engineers; SYNCHRONOUS capacitors; ELECTRONICS engineers; CASCADE converters; PULSE width modulation; VOLTAGE
- Publication
International Journal of Circuit Theory & Applications, 2024, Vol 52, Issue 5, p2493
- ISSN
0098-9886
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cta.3878