Comparison of SRF and IRPT Algorithm for Mitigation of Voltage Sag and Voltage Swell using NPC based D-STATCOM

This study describes a systematic model of Distribution STATCOM (D-STATCOM) to reduce voltage sag, and swell using Instantaneous reactive power theory also called Power Quality theory (IRPT or PQ) and Synchronous reference frame theory (SRF) using NPC three level inverter. Power quality is an event that manifests as an abnormal frequency, current and voltage resulting in the failure of end-use equipment. The main issues addressed here are voltage sag and swell. Custom power devices are utilised to overcome this problem. The Distribution STATCOM (D-STATCOM) is one of these devices, and it is the most efficient and effective modern specialized power device utilised in distribution system network. The simulation of D-STATCOM is done using MATLAB/Simulink and voltage sag and swell are mitigated.

Reactive power and harmonic compensation in a grid-connected photovoltaic system using fuzzy logic controller

This work investigates the performance of a single-phase grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system under non-ideal source voltage conditions using a fuzzy logic controller. The single-phase instantaneous reactive power theory has been modified to explore the harmonic and reactive power compensation with distorted grid voltage excitation while transferring active and reactive power to the grid and the non-linear load. Instead of a traditional Proportional-Integral (PI) controller, the proposed method implements a fuzzy logic controller for the extraction of the reference compensating current. This method is compared with the traditional single-phase instantaneous reactive power theory. The advantage associated with a fuzzy logic controller is that it does not need accurate mathematical modeling of the system, instead, it is based upon the linguistic characterization of the input and output variables. Besides, care has been taken to provide uninterrupted compensation throughout the variation of the solar irradiation level. The proposed method has also been verified through a laboratory-developed prototype using a DS1103 processor.

Performance Comparison of Sliding Mode and Instantaneous Reactive Power Theory Control Techniques for Three-Phase Active Power Filter

The performance comparison of Sliding Mode (SM) control and instantaneous reactive power theory (PQ) control for three-phase Active Power Filter (APF) is presented. Algorithms for SM and PQ techniques were developed and used in the control of APF to shunt harmonics due to non-linear loads from the power grid. Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) was used for performance verification. The PQ control reduced the THD value, on average, from 29.84% to 4.937% while the SM control reduced the THD value, on average, from 29.84% to 5.27%. The results obtained show that PQ control offered slightly better performance in terms of reduced THD than the SM control even though the implementation of SM was less complex due to the use of programmable chips. In addition, the SM control recovered faster from transient disturbances than the PQ algorithm. Both results are, however, within the conformity limit of the IEEE standard and have proven to be good for harmonic mitigation. MATLAB/Simulink 2018 version was used as the simulation tool.

Instantaneous Reactive Power Theory Control Scheme for Reactive Power Compensation using DSTATCOM

Distribution static compensator is a well known facts device which control reactive power flow in a distribution system. Nowadays major loads in distribution system are inductive loads, which will consume more reactive power. In order to improve power quality, this paper developed an IRPT control scheme for generating the reference quantity components for DSTATCOM to compensate that reactive power. DSTATCOM simulation is done in MATLAB using IRPT