TITLE:
Mitigation of Unbalanced Voltage Sags and Voltage Unbalance in CIGRE Low Voltage Distribution Network
AUTHORS:
Ghullam Mustafa Bhutto, Birgitte Bak-Jensen, Pukar Mahat, Carlo Cecati
KEYWORDS:
Power Quality; Unbalanced Voltage Sags; Mitigation of Voltage Unbalance; Voltage Unbalance Factor (VUF); Distributed Static Compensator (STATCOM)
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.5 No.9,
November
20,
2013
ABSTRACT: Any problem with voltage in a power network is undesirable as it aggravates the quality of the power. Power electronic devices such as Voltage Source Converter (VSC) based Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) etc. can be used to mitigate the voltage problems in the distribution system. The voltage problems dealt with in this paper are to show how to mitigate unbalanced voltage sags and voltage unbalance in the CIGRE Low Voltage (LV) test network and networks like this. The voltage unbalances, for the tested cases in the CIGRE LV test network are mainly due to single phase loads and due to unbalanced faults. The compensation of unbalanced voltage sags and voltage unbalance in the CIGRE distribution network is done by using the four STATCOM compensators already existing in the test grid. The simulations are carried out in DIgSILENT power factory software version 15.0.