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 volt...

Due to the wide spread of power electronics equipment in modern electrical systems, the increase of the harmonics disturbance in the ac mains currents has became a major concern due to the adverse effects on all equipment. Power electronic converters are commonly used for interfacing distributed generation (DG) systems to the electrical power network. However, the unbalanced voltage compensatio...

Recently, renewable wind energy is enjoying a rapid growth globally to become an important green electricity source to replace polluting and exhausting fossil fuel. The stability of fixed-speed induction generator (FSIG)-based wind turbines can be improved by a StatCom, which is well known and documented in the literature for balanced grid voltage dips and comparing with the variable speed perm...

Constant power loads (CPLs), interfaced through active rectifiers can be used for improving the stability of induction generator (IG)-based wind turbines under balanced grid voltage dips by providing the reactive power. Under asymmetrical grid faults, the negative sequence voltage produces additional generator torque oscillations and reduces the lifetime of the installed equipment. This article...

Voltage source inverters connected to the grid in applications such as active power filters require synchronization with the grid voltage. Since in practice the grid voltage can be unbalanced and distorted, but the operation of the whole active filter control system is strongly dependant on precise estimation of grid voltage phase, the fundamental positive sequence phasor of the grid voltage ha...

The voltage sag detection algorithm and control algorithm synthesis of the dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) are proposed. The double synchronous reference frame phase-locked loop (DSRF-PLL) is applied for the voltage sag detection, which is able to calculate the phase angle of the positive-sequence fundamental component of grid voltages even under unbalanced and distorted grid voltages. The effec...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract –This paper demonstrates the functions of a dual voltage source inverter (DVSI) to improve power quality and reliability of the microgrid system using instantaneous symmetrical component theory (ISCT). The proposed DVSI scheme consists of two ...