Publication detail

Complementary Reactive Power Control of Three-Phase AC/DC Voltage Source Converters for Grid Support Applications

ALMANSOUR, M. DRÁPELA, J.

Original Title

Complementary Reactive Power Control of Three-Phase AC/DC Voltage Source Converters for Grid Support Applications

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This research investigates the role of voltage source converters (VSCs) in providing reactive power support in power systems. With the increasing integration of power electronics-based loads (PELs) and distributed generation (DG), the traditional emphasis on reactive power management becomes critical to maintaining system stability and efficiency. While effective and traditional solutions such as STATCOMs are often centralized and costly, this study focuses on the use of voltage source rectifiers (VSRs) deployed at various interfaces to provide reactive power support. A three-phase 100 kW VSR model is implemented using vector control techniques to provide adjustable reactive power output in range of +/-45 kvar under various supply voltage and loading scenarios. The results show that the VSR controlled by vector control techniques effectively regulates the AC side reactive power while maintaining a stable DC side voltage. The study demonstrates the feasibility of using VSRs for distributed reactive power support in power systems.

Keywords

voltage source rectifier (VSR); reactive power control; vector control technique (VCT); grid support applications

Authors

ALMANSOUR, M.; DRÁPELA, J.

Released

15. 5. 2024

Publisher

IEEE

Location

NEW YORK

ISBN

979-8-3503-4877-4

Book

Proceedings of the 2024 24rd International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE)

Pages from

165

Pages to

170

Pages count

6

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10559572

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT188519,
  author="Maya {Almansour} and Jiří {Drápela}",
  title="Complementary Reactive Power Control of Three-Phase AC/DC Voltage Source Converters for Grid Support Applications",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 2024 24rd International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE)",
  year="2024",
  pages="165--170",
  publisher="IEEE",
  address="NEW YORK",
  doi="10.1109/EPE61521.2024.10559572",
  isbn="979-8-3503-4877-4",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10559572"
}