Design and development of an 11kV H-bridge multilevel STATCOM

This tutorial paper outlines the design and development of a "state-of-the-art" 11 kV direct connection multilevel static compensator (STATCOM) based on cascaded H-bridges. This STATCOM is currently being developed at the University of Newcastle under a linkage project with industrial part...

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Main Authors: Betz, R.E., Cook, B.J., Summers, T.J., Bastiani, A., Shao, S., Willis, K.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Automatic voltage control
Circuit topology
Electric variables control
Insulated gate bipolar transistors
Power electronics
Power harmonic filters
Pulse width modulation inverters
STATCOM
Thyristors
Virtual colonoscopy
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Summary:This tutorial paper outlines the design and development of a "state-of-the-art" 11 kV direct connection multilevel static compensator (STATCOM) based on cascaded H-bridges. This STATCOM is currently being developed at the University of Newcastle under a linkage project with industrial partner, ResTech Pty Ltd, which is a company jointly owned by Ampcontrol Pty Ltd and the University of Newcastle. This is a large scale project involving a high degree of innovation - there are currently no commercially available direct connect STATCOMs using this topology. The paper will concentrate on the hardware and software design issues.
DOI:10.1109/AUPEC.2007.4548090