Abstract
This paper is intended to simulate a power quality conditioning device, Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC), in countryside areas for non-linear loading. From past decades there is much increase in the requirement of the good quality electrical power in single phase distribution grids established in these locations. Due to technical advancement, three-phase loads are practiced more than single phase loads so that the demand for three phase distribution grids is growing. But the installation process of three-phase grids, at countryside areas, is not an economic option and to get access to these systems is a very challenging task. So a neighbouring three-phase distribution system is required to be established at the location, where single-phase to three-phase UPQC with single wire earth return is appropriate for the end user due to economic considerations. A dual compensation strategy is implemented to obtain the reference quantities for controlling the converters. The proposed idea is accomplished to eliminate voltage harmonics and mitigate further instabilities and power quality problems. This system allows the balanced and regulated voltage with lower harmonic content. Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) based controllers are considered to organize the input grid current and the load voltages of the UPQC. The present prototype under consideration analyses and validates the compensation and controlling techniques using PI controller. The control strategies are simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK.
Highlights
Days there are immense importance of electrical power because life cannot be imagined without it
The Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC) with dual compensation is same as conventional UPQC except the controlling technique
Different from the conventional UPQC, in dual compensation sinusoidal references are generated for controlling the UPQC, which will automatically reduce the complex calculations
Summary
Days there are immense importance of electrical power because life cannot be imagined without it. Power electronic equipments are incorporated in the system gradually which is the sign of many problems associated with As they create non-linear characteristics showing serious impact on the power quality and power supply continuity. The extensive application of non-linear load is responsible for generating harmonics and reactive power disturbances in network These types of power quality defects must be removed as soon as possible to avoid further degradation in the quality of the system. Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems [3], [14] based applications uses dual compensation approach which need sinusoidal voltage and current control references. In this way, the control references are simpler to achieve, and require easier method [11]. Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) based controllers are applied, to obtain lesser steady-state errors with Proportional-Integral (PI) controllers [15] [6]
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