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The principle of the dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) to the voltage sag problem with phase angle jump is analyzed in this paper. Based on the fundamental component of steady-state equivalent circuit, the phase diagram with voltage fluctuations and phase angle jump is shown. According to instantaneous reactive power theory and the low-pass filter theory, the initial phase of the source fundamental phase...
This paper introduces a new cost effective structure of a 4-switch single-phase to three-phase converter using a Quasi Z-source (QZs) network for induction motor drive applications. In comparison to the traditional 6-switch structure, the proposed circuit reduces the cost of the system, switching losses and the complexity of the control method as well as the interface circuits used to make the trigger...
The Improved Power Quality AC-DC Converters (IPQCs) provides enhanced power quality in terms of improved power factor and reduced Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) at the utility interface. This paper addresses comparison of power factor correction techniques for high frequency isolation based single phase Buck-Boost AC-DC Cuk Converter, which consists of only one switch resulting in reduced THD and...
The Improved Power Quality AC-DC Converters (IPQCs) provides enhanced power quality in terms of improved power factor and reduced Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) at the utility interface. This paper addresses the power factor correction techniques for high frequency isolation based single phase Buck-Boost AC-DC Cuk Converter, which consists of only one switch resulting in reduced THD and improved...
This paper presents the new control design or the unified power quality (PQ) conditioner (UPQC) for Power Quality improvement. The purpose of UPQC is to compensate for voltage sags/swells, load demand changes, power factor correction etc,. The control strategy employs a kalman filter to estimate the fundamental component as well as the harmonic components of the voltage and current. Simulation of...
The performance of the DSTATCOM depends on the control algorithm i.e. the extraction of the current components. So, for this, there are various control algorithms for the control of DSTATCOM block depending on various theories and strategies like phase shift control, instantaneous PQ theory, synchronous frame theory, Adaline based theory. Each of the algorithms specified have their own merits and...
This paper presents a novel topology of power electronic transformer. In the design process, the AC/DC, DC/AC, AC/AC converters and high frequency transformer have been used. One matrix converter operates as AC/AC converter in power electronic transformer. The proposed power electronic transformer performs typical functions and has advantages such as power factor correction, voltage sag and swell...
Voltage source converter based DSTATCOM has been accepted as the most preferred solution for reactive power management in distribution power networks which plays a vital role in improving power quality, correcting power factor and maintaining constant distribution voltages. However, the quality of DSTATCOM output voltage and current itself, such as injected harmonics and Total Harmonic Distortion...
An isolated Zeta converter is proposed as a power factor correction (PFC) converter with DC link voltage control for speed control of a permanent magnet brushless DC motor (PMBLDCM). The voltage source inverter (VSI) is used as an electronic commutator of PMBLDCM. The proposed converter performs the PFC action and DC link voltage control in single stage using only one controller. The current multiplier...
This paper employs a single-phase unified quality conditioner (UPQC), an integration of shunt and series active filters (APF), to perform voltage and supply current harmonics mitigation and power factor correction. Both the shunt and series APFs are realized using a single-phase, two leg voltage source inverter (VSI). For the series APF the control strategy is based on Unit Vector Template (UVT),...
In this paper, an experimental analysis of the serial merged flyback-forward converter is carried out and its use as a single-stage single-phase power factor corrector for isolated power supplies is showed. Two correctors were built using commercial integrated controllers and their performances were tested based on the power factor and dynamic response of the output voltage.
The ballast system and the lamp are subjected to the utility disturbances. In this way, HID lamps are very sensitive to voltage supply fluctuations that produce an effect on the human visual perception by changing the light emission, known as flicker. New design considerations and a control strategy for a two-stage ballast system, power factor correction (PFC) and inverter stage, for high intensity...
Supplying power for DC energy storage unit of power quality compensator by rectifier will produce much harmonic and decrease power factor. Active power factor correction technology can resolve the problem, but it will bring much switching loss and put forward higher requirements to the frequency and stress of power device. It proposed soft switching power transformation technology to control switching...
This paper presents a three-phase Active Power Conditioner to improve power quality in microgrids based on renewable energy. A microgrid is a weak electrical grid which can be easily subject to disturbances. The Active Power Conditioner (APC) presented in this paper acts as an interface between renewable energy sources and the AC bus of a microgrid and uses an improved control strategy, which makes...
This paper presents a novel Electric Energy Management compensator based on Multi Objective Particle Swarm Optimization search technique MOPSO for use in hydrogen and island electricity generation. It combines a fuel cell power source and a micro hydro water turbine. The novel control strategy is designed to achieve the high-efficiency coordinated operation of the two individual power sources and...
This paper presents a Zeta DC-DC converter as a power factor correction (PFC) converter which is operated in voltage control mode for speed control of a permanent magnet brushless DC motor (PMBLDCM). The proposed converter performs the PFC action and DC link voltage control in single stage and needs only one controller. The current multiplier approach with average current control is employed for PFC...
This work presents compensation algorithm schemes used in power quality conditioners applied to three-phase four-wire systems, allowing harmonic current suppression and reactive power compensation which results in an effective power factor correction. The strategies used to extract the three-phase compensation currents are based on the synchronous reference frame method. Although this method is itself...
The increase of the power demand and the technology modernization of industrial processes, results in the rapid expansion of electric-electronic equipment susceptible to poor power quality in medium voltage distribution systems. Therefore, problems related to energy quality, which in the last decades were responsible only for annoying situations and small losses to residential and commercial costumers,...
This paper aims at a power factor corrected (PFC) buck bridge DC-DC converter for a permanent magnet brushless DC motor (PMBLDCM) for an air conditioner. This PFC converter is fed from a single-phase AC mains through a diode bridge rectifier (DBR) and connected to a voltage source inverter (VSI) feeding the PMBLDCM. The Speed of the proposed PMBLDCM drive is controlled to improve efficiency of the...
The paper presents the design, development and implementation of a Three Phase diode clamped active front-end converter in rectification mode for the power factor control and power quality improvement. Specifically this paper concentrates on the dc link capacitor balancing and maintenance of near to unity power factor of the supply. The paper also proposes an existing and popular mathematical modeling...
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