technology led to design of faster power electronic switches with higher ratings.These devices have been used to improve the performance of various power converter systems. To improve the power quality and power flow control the Voltage Source Converter (VSC) has been widely used in power systems. This work presents and compares the performance of three controllers namely vector control, Adapti...

Model Predictive Control (MPC) method is a class of advanced control techniques most widely applied in industry. The major advantages of the MPC are its straightforward procedure which can be applied for both linear and nonlinear system. This paper proposes the use of MPC for voltage source converter (VSC) in a high voltage direct current (HVDC) system. A MPC controller is modeled based on the ...

This paper proposes a fault-location method for voltage-source converter (VSC)-based high-voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) systems. This method relies on the current frequency components generated by faults in the cable, and requires the arrival time of the frequency components at two terminals. The S transform is a time–frequency analysis tool that is superior to the wavelet transform in some...

This paper presents a new Unified PowerQuality Conditioning System (MCUPQC),capable of simultaneous compensation for voltage and current in multi-bus/multi-feeder systems. By using one shunt Voltage-Source Converter(VSC) and two or more series VSCs the configuration is made. The system can be applied to adjacent feeders to compensate for supplyvoltage and load current imperfections on the main ...

This work presents a Comparative study of closed and open loop control system using UPF control strategy for standalone variable speed wind turbine permanent magnet synchronous generator employing space vector modulation voltage source converter. The mechanical energy required to drive the generator is obtained from variable speed wind turbine. Three phase PMSG is excited from three phase VSC. ...

VSC HVDC will be the most important approach for transmitting the power of large-scale offshore wind power plant in the near future. In recent literature, the feasibility of using hybrid type HVDC for offshore wind transmission has been discussed. A hybrid HVDC system has at one line commutated converter (LCC) at mainland and one voltage source converter (VSC) at offshore platform, which may in...

Abstract – The current source converter represents the dual counter part to the better known and more frequently used voltage source converter. As such due to duality rules many offthe-shelf solutions concerning the VSC can be used in a modified manner to handle the CSC. This work gives a comprehensive overview of CSC PWM methods and shows how they are to be distinguished. Then based on duality...

A simple step and search control strategy for extracting maximum output power from grid connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System (VSWECS) is implemented in this work. This system consists of a variable speed wind turbine coupled to a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) through a gear box, a DC-DC boost converter and a hysteresis current controlled Voltage Source Converte...

The STATCOM (Synchronous Static Compensator) based on voltage source converter (VSC) is used for voltage regulation in transmission and distribution system. The STATCOM can rapidly supply dynamic VARs required during system faults for voltage support. Strict requirements of STATCOM losses and total system loss penalty preclude the use of PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) for VSC based STATCOM applic...

The interconnection stability of a grid-connected voltage-source converter (VSC) can be assessed by the passivity properties of the VSC input admittance. If critical grid resonances fall within regions where the input admittance acts passively, i.e., has nonnegative real part, then their destabilization is generally prevented. This paper presents an overview of passivity-based stability assessm...