Voltage Quality Improvement DVR

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Voltage Quality Improvement Using DVR

Abstract:-

The problem of voltage sags and Swells and its severe impact on

sensitive loads is well known. To solve this problem, custom power devices

are used. One of those devices is the Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR),

which is one of the most efficient and effective modern custom power

devices used in power distribution networks. This paper described DVR

principles and voltage correction methods for balanced and/or unbalanced

voltage sags and swells in a distribution system. Simulation results were

presented to illustrate and understand the performances of DVR under

voltage sags/swells conditions. The results obtained by simulation using

MATLAB confirmed the effectiveness of this device in compensating

voltage sags and swells with very fast response (relative to voltage sag/swell

time).

1.Introduction

Power quality has a significant influence on high-technology

equipments related to communication, advanced control, automation, precise

manufacturing technique and on-line service. For example, voltage sag can

have a bad influence on the products of semiconductor fabrication with

considerable financial losses. Power quality problems include transients,

sags, interruptions and other distortions to the sinusoidal waveform. One of

the most important power quality issues is voltage sag that is a sudden short

duration reduction in voltage magnitude between 10 and 90% compared to

nominal voltage. Voltage sag is deemed as a momentary decrease in the rms

voltage, with duration ranging from half a cycle up to one minute. Deep

voltage sags, even of relatively short duration, can have significant costs

because of the proliferation of voltage-sensitive computer-based and

variable speed drive loads. The fraction of load that is sensitive to low

voltage is expected to grow rapidly in the coming decades.


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Studies have shown that transmission faults, while relatively rare, can cause

widespread sags that may constitute a major source of process interruptions

for very long distances from the faulted point. Distribution faults are

considerably more common but the resulting sags are more limited in

geographic extent. The majority of voltage sags are within 40%of the

nominal voltage. Therefore, by designing drives and other critical loads

capable of riding through sags with magnitude of up to 40%, interruption of

processes can be reduced significantly. The DVR can correct sags resulting

from faults in either the transmission or the distribution system.

Faults at either the transmission or distribution level may cause voltage

sag or swell in the entire system or a large part of it. Also, under heavy load

conditions, a significant voltage drop may occur in the system. Voltage sagscan occur at any instant of time, with amplitudes ranging from 10 90%and

a duration lastingfor half a cycle to one minute. Further, they could be either

balanced or unbalanced, depending on the type of fault and they could have

unpredictable magnitudes, depending on factors such as distance from the

fault and the transformer connections. Voltage swell, on the other hand, is

defined as a sudden increasing of supply voltage up 110% to 180% in RMS

voltage at the network fundamental frequency with duration from 10 ms to 1

minute. Voltage swells are not as important as voltage sags because they are

less common in distribution systems. Voltage sag and swell can cause

sensitive equipment (such as found in semiconductor or chemical plants) to

fail, or shutdown, as well as create a large current unbalance that could blow

fuses or trip breakers. These effects can be very expensive for the customer,

ranging from minor quality variations to production downtime and

equipment damage.

There are many different methods to mitigate voltage sags and

swells, but the use of a custom Power device is considered to be the most

efficient method. The concept of custom Power was introduced by N.G.

Hingorani in 1995. Like Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) fortransmission systems, the term custom power pertains to the use of power

electronics controllers in a distribution system, especially, to deal with

various power quality problems. Just as FACTS improves the power transfer

capabilities and stability margins, custom power makes sure customers get

pre-specified quality and reliability of supply. This pre-specified quality may

contain a combination of specifications of the following:


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low phase unbalance, no power interruptions, low flicker at the load

voltage, low harmonic distortion in load voltage, magnitude and duration of

overvoltages and undervoltages within specified limits, acceptance of

fluctuations, and poor factor loads without significant effect on the terminal

voltage.

Each of Custom Power devices has its own benefits and limitations.

Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) is one of the most effective type of these

devices. There are numerous reasons why the DVR is preferred over the

others. A few of these reasons are presented as follows. The SVC pre-dates

the DVR, but the DVR is still preferred because the SVC has no ability to

control active power flow. Another reason is that the DVR costs less

compared to the UPS. Other reasons include that the DVR has a higher

energy capacity and lower costs compared to the SMES device.

Furthermore, the DVR is smaller in size and costs less compared to the

DSTATCOM. Based on these reasons, it is no surprise that the DVR iswidely considered as an effective custom power device in mitigating voltage

sags. In addition to voltage sags and swells compensation, DVR can also

added other features such as harmonics and Power Factor correction.

Compared to the other devices, the DVR is clearly considered to be one of

the best economic solutions for its size and capabilities.

This paper Introduced Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) and its

operating principle. Then, analyses of the voltage correction methods were

presented. At the end, simulation results using MATLAB were illustrated

and discussed.

1.1 What Are Voltage Sags?

Electronic devices function properly as long as the voltage (or driving force)

of the electricity feeding the device stays within a consistent range. There

are several types of voltage fluctuations that can cause problems, including

surges and spikes, sags, harmonic distortions, and momentary disruptions.(For definitions of these terms, see the Power Quality Glossary sidebar,

next page.) A voltage sag is not a complete interruption of power; it is a

temporary drop below 90 percent of the nominal voltage level. Most voltage

sags do not go below 50 percent of the nominal voltage, and they normally

last from 3 to 10 cyclesor 50 to 170 milliseconds.


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Voltage sags are probably the most significant power quality (PQ) problem

facing industrial customers today, and they can be a significant problem for

large commercial customers as well.

There are two sources of voltage sags: external (on the utilitys lines

up to your facility) and internal (within your facility). Utilities continuously

strive to provide the most reliable and consistent electric power possible. In

the course of normal utility operations, however, many things can cause

voltage sags. Storms are the most common cause of external sags and

momentary interruptions in most areas of the U.S. A storm passing through

an area can result in dozens of major and minor PQ variations, including

sags. For example, consider how PQ would be affected by a lightning strike

on or near a power line or by wind sending tree limbs into power lines.

Other common causes of external voltage sags are ice storms, animals

(particularly squirrels), and the start-up of large loads at neighboringfacilities. Internal causes of voltage sags can include starting major loads

and grounding or wiring problems. Whether or not a voltage sag causes a

problem will depend on the magnitude and duration of the sag and on the

sensitivity of your equipment. Many types of electronic equipment are

sensitive to voltage sags, including variable speed drive controls, motor

starter contactors, robotics, programmable logic controllers, controller power

supplies, and control relays. Much of this equipment is used in applications

that are critical to an overall process, which can lead to very expensive

downtime when voltage sags occur. If your facility is having frequent

voltage sag problems, a good place to start is with your utility. Ask about the

utilitys statistics regarding performance in your area. You should also look

into possible internal causes. But whether the causes are mainly external or

internal, you should consider taking charge of the problem and working

toward a costeffective solution for your facility.

1.2 Power Quality Glossary:

Although specialists use complex equations for precise descriptions and

analysis, the following definitions are adequate for most discussions.

Harmonic distortion:Continuous or sporadic distortions of the 60-hertz (Hz) voltage sine waveform, usually caused by microprocessorbased


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loads in the building such as computer power supplies, lighting ballasts, and

electronic adjustable speed drives. Harmonics can

also be transmitted from an energy user down the block. These can cause

telecommunications or computer interference; overheating

in motors, transformers, or neutral conductors; decreased motor

performance; deterioration of power factorcorrection capacitors; or

erratic operation of breakers, fuses, and relays.

Interruption, momentary:A very short loss of utility power thatlasts up to 2 seconds, usually caused by the utility switching operations

to isolate a nearby electrical problem.

Interruption, temporary:A loss of utility power lasting from 2seconds to 2 minutes, caused by a nearby short circuit due to something

like animals, wet insulators, or accidents. Corrected by automated utility

switching.

Long-term outage: A loss of utility power lasting more than 2minutes due to major local, area, or regional electrical events.

Noise:Sporadic voltage changes consisting of frequencies higher than thenormal 60-Hz power frequency due to any number of

causes, including arc welders, loose wiring, and nearby radio and TV

transmitters.

Sag:A short-term decrease in voltage lasting anywhere from millisecondsup to a few seconds. Sags starve a machine of the electricity

it needs to function, causing computer crashes or equipment lock-ups.

Usually caused by equipment start-upsuch as elevators,

heating and air-conditioning equipment, compressors, and copy machines

or nearby short circuits on the utility system.

Spike: A very brief (nanoseconds to milliseconds) change in voltageranging from tens to thousands of volts. Can be produced by

utility and customer equipment operations, nearby lightning strikes, falling

tree limbs on power lines, and even static discharges.

Surge: A short-term increase in voltage, lasting up to a few seconds.They are due either to customer equipment operation, such as


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air conditioners or motors switching on and off, or to utility activities, such

as capacitor switching.

Transient: A sudden momentary change in voltage. Also called a spike.

Undervoltage:A decrease in voltage lasting longer than a few seconds.Usually due to undersized wiring at the facility but can also

be caused by overloaded utility circuits and result in brownouts.

2. Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR)

A Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) is a series connected solid state

device that injects voltage into the system in order to regulate the load side

voltage. The DVR was first installed in 1996. It is normally installed in a

distribution system between the supply and the critical load feeder. Its

primary function is to rapidly boost up the load-side voltage in the event of a

disturbance in order to avoid any power disruption to that load. There are

various circuit topologies and control schemes that can be used to implement

a DVR. In addition to voltage sags and swells compensation, DVR can alsoadded other features such as: line voltage harmonics compensation,

reduction of transients in voltage and fault current limitations.

The general configuration of the DVR consists of an Injection /Booster

transformer, a Harmonic filter, a Voltage Source Converter (VSC), and a

Control and Protection system as shown in Figure 1.


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Fig. 1 DVR series connected topology

2.1 Injection/Booster Transformer

The Injection /Booster transformer is a specially designed transformer that

attempts to limit the coupling of noise and transient energy from the primary

side to the secondary side. Its main tasks are: connects the DVR to the

distribution network via the HV-windings and transforms and couples the

injected compensating voltages generated by the voltage source converters

to the incoming supply voltage. In addition, the Injection / Booster

transformer serves the purpose of isolating the load from the system (VSC

and control mechanism). It is one unit three phase construction.

2.2 Harmonic Filter

The main task of harmonic filter is to keep the harmonic voltage

content generated by the voltage source converters to the permissible level


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(i.e., eliminate high frequency switching harmonics).It has a small rating

approximately 2% of the load MVA.

2.3 Voltage Source Converter

A VSC is a power electronic system consists of a storage device

and switching devices, which can generate a sinusoidal voltage at any

required frequency, magnitude, and phase angle. In the DVR application, the

VSC is used to temporarily replace the supply voltage or to generate the part

of the supply voltage which is missing.

Numerous circuit topologies are available for the VSC. A widely

used method is the two level or multilevel three-phase converter which

shares a dc capacitor between all phases. The purpose of this capacitor ismainly to absorb harmonic ripple and hence it has a relatively small energy

storage requirement, particularly when operating in balanced conditions. The

size of this capacitor has to be increased if needed to provide voltage support

in unbalanced conditions. Also, as the capacitor is shared between the three

phases, a sag on only one phase may cause a distortion in the injected

current waveforms on the other phases.

2.3.1 Switching Devices

There are four main types of switching devices: Metal Oxide Semiconductor

Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET), Gate Turn-Off thyristors (GTO),

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT), and Integrated Gate Commutated

Thyristors (IGCT). Each type has its own benefits and drawbacks. The

MOSFET requires a high on-resistance and has fast switching times. It is

capable of working beyond the 20 kHz frequency. The limitations are that

the increasing on-resistance with increasing voltage limits the device to

applications with just a few hundred volts. The GTO is a latching device thatcan be turned off by a negative pulse of current to its gate. The GTO is best

suited for high voltage applications. The disadvantages of the GTO are that

GTO based devices are not able to meet the dynamic requirements of a

DVR. The IGBT is considered to be a newer device compared to the

MOSFET and GTO. It was first introduced in the early 1980s and has

become a popular device because of its superior characteristics.


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In essence, it is a three terminal controllable switch that combines the fast

switching times of the MOSFET with the high voltage capabilities of the

GTO. The result of this combination is a medium speed controllable switch

capable of supporting the medium power range. The IGCT is a recent

compact device with enhanced performance and reliability that allows

building VSC with very large power ratings. Because of the highly

sophisticated converter design with IGCTs, the DVR can compensate dips

which are beyond the capability of the past DVRs using conventional

devices.

2.3.2 Storage Devices

The purpose is to supply the necessary energy to the VSC via a dclink for the generation of injected voltages. Batteries and Ultracapacitors are

the most common types of energy storage devices. In fact, the capacity of

the stored energy directly determines the duration of the sag which can be

mitigating by the DVR. Batteries are the common choice and can be highly

effective if a high voltage battery configuration is used. This high voltage

string of batteries can be placed across the regulated dc bus with little or no

additional circuitry. However, batteries in general have a short lifetime and

often require some type of battery management system, which can be quite

costly. An interesting alternative to batteries is the use of ultracapacitors,which have a wider voltage range than batteries and can be directly

paralleled across the input bus. Ultracapacitors have a specific energy

density less than that of a battery, but a specific power greater than a battery,

making them ideal for short (up to several seconds) pulses of power. Certain

ultracapacitors (unsyrnmetrical electrochemical) can hold charge over

extended periods of time, so as to act like a battery. However, unlike

batteries, these ultracapacitors have a short charge time and much longer

lifetime.

2.4 Control and Protection system

The control mechanism of the general configuration typically consists of

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) boards. The software on the DSP board


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provides the controls such as detection and correction. Filters are commonly

used for these purposes. The most common types of filter algorithm are the

Fourier Transform (FT) and the Wavelet Transform (WT). Although, the

Fourier Transform still remains the most common type.

To maximize dynamic performance, a direct feedforward-type control

architecture should be applied in the control concept of the DVR. With this

concept a fast response time (approximately 1ms) can be achieved to

compensate voltage sags.

All protective functions of the DVR should be implemented in the

software. Differential current protection of the transformer, or short circuit

current on the customer load side are only two examples of many protection

functions possibility. Depending on the particular fault condition, the fast

control and protection may switch the DVR into bypass if it becomes

inoperable, thus securing an uninterrupted energy flow to the customers

plant.

Basic Principle of DVR:

To quantify voltage sag in radial distribution system, the voltage divider

model, shown in Fig. 1, can be used on the assumption that the fault current

is much larger than the load current during faults. The point of common

coupling (PCC) is the point from which both the fault and the load are fed.Voltage sag is mostly unbalanced and accompanied by phase angle jump.


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From Fig. 1, the voltage at the PCC and phase angle jump can be obtained

by

The DVR is able to compensate the voltage sag especially at sensitive loads

by injecting an appropriate voltage through an injection transformer. Figure

2 shows a block diagram of the DVR power circuit. When examining the

DVR it can be divided into four component blocks:

1) Energy storage device,

2) DC to DC power controller,

3) A three-phase voltage converter,

4) Three single-phase series injection transformers.

The design of the DVR allows real and reactive power to be either supplied

or absorbed when operating. If a small fault occurs on the protected system,

then the DVR can correct it using only reactive power generated internally.

For correction of larger faults, the DVR may be required to develop realpower. To enable the development of real power an energy storage device

must be used; currently the DVR design uses a capacitor bank. Once the

fault has been corrected and the supply is operating under normal conditions,

the DVR replenishes the energy expended from the healthy system. The

rating (in terms of energy storage capabilities) of the capacitor bank is

dependent upon system factors such as the rating of the load that protects


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and the duration and depth of anticipated sags. When correcting large sag

(using real power), the power electronics are fed from the capacitor bank via

a DC-DC voltage conversion circuit.

The core element in DVR design is the three-phase voltage converter. This

inverter utilizes solid-state power electronics (insulated gate bipolar

transistors, IGBTs) to convert DC to AC and back again during operation.

The DVR connects in series with the distribution line through an injection

transformer, actually three single-phase transformers. The primary side

(connected into the line) must be sized to carry the full line current.The

primary voltage rating is the maximum voltage the DVR can inject into the

line for a given application.The DVR rating (per phase), is the maximum

injection voltage times the primary current.The bridge outputs on the

secondary are filtered before being applied to the injection transformer. The

bridges are independently controllable to allow each phase to becompensated separately. The output voltage wave shapes are generated by

pulse-width modulated switching. When voltage sag reaches a value below

the limit for correction using zero energy, the energy storage system within

the DVR has to be used to aid voltage correction.

The ideal restoration is to make load voltages unchanged. When DVR

restores large voltage disturbances, active power or energy should be

injected from DVR to distribution system. If the capability of energy storage

of DVR were infinite, DVR could maintain load voltage unchanged ideally

during any kind of faults. However, the stored energy in DVR is limitedpractically by the limit of DC link capacity of DVR. Namely, DVR cannot

restore the load voltage constantly when the voltage across the DC link has

gone down and stored energy has run out eventually during deep voltage sag

with long duration. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize energy injection

from DVR.

There are several methods how to inject DVR mitigating voltage to

distribution system: pre-sag compensation, in-phase compensation, and

phase advance


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3. Operating Principle of DVR

The basic function of the DVR is to inject a dynamically controlled voltage

VDVRgenerated by a forced commutated converter in series to the bus voltage

by means of a booster transformer. The momentary amplitudes of the threeinjected phase voltages are controlled such as to eliminate any detrimental

effects of a bus fault to the load voltage VL. This means that any differential

voltages caused by disturbances in the ac feeder will be compensated by an

equivalent voltage generated by the converter and injected on the medium

voltage level through the booster transformer.

The DVR works independently of the type of fault or any event that

happens in the system, provided that the whole system remains connected to

the supply grid, i.e. the line breaker does not trip. For most practical cases, a

more economical design can be achieved by only compensating the positiveand negative sequence components of the voltage disturbance seen at the

input of the DVR (because for a typical distribution bus configuration, the

zero sequence part of a disturbance will not pass through the step down

transformer which has infinite impedance for this component).

The DVR has two modes of operation which are: standby mode and

boost mode. In standby mode (VDVR=0), the booster transformers low

voltage winding is shorted through the converter. No switching of

semiconductors occurs in this mode of operation, because the individual

converter legs are triggered such as to establish a short-circuit path for the

transformer connection. Therefore, only the comparatively low conductionlosses of the semiconductors in this current loop contribute to the losses. The

DVR will be most of the time in this mode. In boost mode (VDVR>0), the

DVR is injecting a compensation voltage through the booster transformer

due to a detection of a supply voltage disturbance.

4. DVR Voltage correction Methods

The possibility of compensating voltage sag can be limited by a number

of factors including finite DVR power rating, different load conditions and

different types of voltage sag. Some loads are very sensitive to phase angle

jump and others are tolerant to it. Therefore, the control strategy depends on

the type of load characteristics. There are three different methods for DVR

voltage correction which are presented below.


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4.1 Pre-Dip Compensation (PDC)

The PDC method tracks the supply voltage continuously and

compensates load voltage during fault to pre-fault condition. In this method,

the load voltage can be restored ideally, but the injected active power cannot

be controlled and it is determined by external conditions such as the type of

faults and load conditions. This method is achieved by using a fault detector

to freeze the output from the Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuit, when the

fault occurs. Then, the frozen angle is used to restore the previous balanced

load voltages by using the Park transform. The lack of the negative sequence

detection in this method leads to the phase-oscillation in the case of single-

line faults. Fig. 2 shows the single-phase vector diagram of this method.

L

DVR

S

LV

DVRV

LI

sV

Fig. 2 Single-phase vector diagram of the PDC method.


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According to fig.2, the apparent power of DVR is,

( )SLSLSLL

DVRLDVR

VVVVI

VIS

+=

=

cos2

3

22

And the active power of DVR is,

( )SSLLLDVR VVIP coscos3 =

The magnitude and the angle of DVR voltage are:

. ( )SLSLSLDVR VVVVV += cos222

= SSLL

SSLL

DVR

VV

VV

coscos

sinsintan

1

4.2 In-Phase Compensation (IPC)

This is the most straight forward and used method in which the injected

DVR voltage is in phase with the supply side voltage regardless of the load

current and the pre-fault voltage as shown in Fig. 3. The IPC method is

suitable for minimum voltage or minimum energy operation strategies. Inother word, this approach requires large amounts of real power to mitigate

the voltage sag, which means a large energy storage device.


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L DVR

SLV

DVRV

LI

dipLpreV

SV

Fig. 3 phasors diagram of the IPC method

According to fig.3, the apparent power of DVR is,

( )SLLDVRLDVR VVIVIS == 33

And the active power of DVR is,

( )SSLLSDVRLDVR

VVIVIP cos3cos3 ==

The magnitude and the angle of the DVR voltage are,

SDVR

SLDVRVVV

=

=


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4.3 In Phase Advance Compensation (IPAC)

Pre-Dip and in-phase compensation method must inject active power

to loads to correct voltage disturbance. However, the amount of possible

injection active power is confined to the stored energy in DC link, which is

one of the most expensive components in DVR. Due to the limit of energy

storage capacity of DC link, the DVR restoration time and performance are

confined in these methods.

For the sake of controlling injection energy, in phase advance

compensation method was proposed. The injection active power is made

zero by means of having the injection voltage phasor perpendicular to theload current phasor. This method can reduce the consumption of energy

stored in DC link by injecting reactive power instead of active power.

Reducing energy consumption means that ride-through ability is increased

when the energy storage capacity is fixed. On the other hand, the injection

voltage magnitude of in-phase advance compensation method is larger than

those of pre-dip or in-phase compensation methods and the voltage phase

shift can cause voltage waveform discontinuity, inaccurate zero crossing and

load power swing. Therefore, in phase advance compensation method should

be adjusted to the load that is tolerant to phase angle jump, or transition

period should be taken while phase angle is moved from pre-fault angle to

advance angle.

In short, IPAC method uses only reactive power and unfortunately, not

al1 the sags can be mitigated without real power, as a consequence, this

method is only suitable for a limited range of sags.

5. Simulation

In order to show the performance of the DVR in voltage sags and swells

mitigation, a simple distribution network is simulated using MATLAB

(fig.1).Voltage sags and swells are simulated by temporary connection of


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different impedances at the supply side bus. A DVR is connected to the

system through a series transformer with a capability to insert a maximum

voltage of 50% of the phase to ground system voltage. Apart from this, a

series filter is also used to remove any high frequency components of power.

In this simulation the In-Phase Compensation (IPC) method is used. Theload considered in the study is a 5.5 MVA capacity with 0.92 p.f., lagging.

5.1 Voltage Sags

A case of Three-phase voltage sag is simulated and the results are shown in

Figure 4. Figure 4 (a) shows a 50% voltage sag initiated at 100 ms and it is

kept until 300 ms, with total voltage sag duration of 200 ms. Figure 4 (b)

and (c) show the voltage injected by the DVR and the compensated load

voltage, respectively. As a result of DVR, the load voltage is kept at 1 p.u.throughout the simulation, including the voltage sag period. Observe that

during normal operation, the DVR is doing nothing. It quickly injects

necessary voltage components to smooth the load voltage upon detecting

voltage sag.

In order to understand the performance of the DVR under unbalanced

conditions, Single-phase voltage sag at supply bus bar is simulated and the

results are shown in Figure 5. The supply voltage with one phase voltage

dropped down to 50% is shown in Figure 5 (a). The DVR injected voltage

and the load voltage are shown in Figure 5 (b) and (c), respectively. As can

be seen from the results, the DVR is able to produce the required voltagecomponents for different phases rapidly and help to maintain a balanced and

constant load voltage at 1.00 p.u.


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(a)

(b)


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(c)

Fig. 4 Three-phase voltages sag: (a)-Source voltage, (b)-Injected

voltage, (c)-Load voltage

(a)


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(b)

(c)

Fig. 5 Single-phase voltage sag: (a)-Source voltage, (b)-Injected

voltage, (c)-Load voltage.

(a)


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(b)

(c)

Fig. 6 Three-phase voltages swell: (a)-Source voltage, (b)-Injected


(a)


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(b)

(c)

Fig. 7 Two-phase voltages swell: (a)-Source voltage, (b)-Injected



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5.2 Voltage Swells

The performance of DVR for a voltage swell condition is

investigated. Here, the supply voltage swell is generated as shown in

Figure 6 (a). The supply voltage amplitude is increased about 125% ofnominal voltage. The injected voltage that is produced by DVR in order to

correct the load voltage and the load voltage are shown in Figure 6 (b) and

(c), respectively. As can be seen from the results, the load voltage is kept at

the nominal value with the help of the DVR. Similar to the case of voltage

sag, the DVR reacts quickly to inject the appropriate voltage component

(negative voltage magnitude) to correct the supply voltage.

The performance of the DVR with an unbalanced voltage swell is

shown in Figure 7. In this case, two of the three phases are higher by 25%

than the third phase as shown in Figure 7(a). The injected voltage that isproduced by DVR in order to correct the load voltage and the load voltage

are shown in Figure 7 (b) and (c), respectively. Notice the constant and

balanced voltage at the load throughout the simulation, including during the

unbalanced voltage swell event.

6.Multilevel Dynamic Voltage Restorer:

High voltage dynamic voltage restorer (HVDVR) is used in power

distribution network to compensate for sags in utility voltages. The proposed

HVDVR is implemented using a multilevel inverter topology with isolated

dc energy storages, allowing the directconnection of the HVDVR to the distribution network without using a bulky

and costly series injection transformer. A control algorithm, incorporating

P+resonant and Posicast compensators, is also presented for controlling the

HVDVR with perfect reference voltage tracking and effective damping of

transient voltage oscillations at the instant of sag compensation. Finally,


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simulation results are presented to verify the performance of the proposed

multilevel HVDVR.

Figure shows the series connection of a dynamic voltage restorer

(DVR) between the utility source and loads, through a coupling transformer.

During normal operating conditions, the DVR can be switched offline [1] or

controlled to compensate for any injected harmonic voltages in the utility

grid [2]. Upon the occurrence of voltage sag, the DVR is commanded to

inject a voltage Vo such that the magnitude of Vl remains essentially

constant throughout the sag period. However, the phase of Vl can either be

shifted or remain unchanged, depending on the compensation techniques

adopted. Conventionally, the series voltage Vo is injected through a

coupling transformer, Fig. 1, whose main functions are to provide voltageboosting and electrical isolation between the phases. Usage of a transformer,

however, has the disadvantage of making the DVR bulky and costly, and

other disadvantages, as summarized in [1]. To overcome these

disadvantages, [1] has proposed the series/parallel connection of

semiconductor switches, or H-bridges, to develop high voltage DVR

(HVDVR), which can be connected directly to the utility grid without a

coupling transformer. This letter now extends the concept to address issues

that have not been discussed in [1].

(Note that only the series connection of H-bridges is considered here, since

the other option of series-connecting semiconductor switches usually require

the use of complex snubber and gate driver circuitries, which can limit the

speed of response of the HVDVR).


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Fig. System configuration with dynamic voltage restoration.

The letter begins by analyzing different topological possibilities for

implementing the HVDVR with the main aim of designing a reliable custom

power conditioner. The letter next presents an open-loop control schemewith Posicast compensator [3] incorporated for damping transient voltage

oscillations at the instant of voltage injection (an issue which has not been

actively investigated for DVR). The Posicast-based open-loop control is

subsequently improved by adding a parallel multi-feedbackloop control path

to give two-degrees-of-freedom in control tuning. This feedback path uses

the P resonant compensator to force the steady-state voltage error to zero,


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hence, enhancing the DVR load voltage regulation performance. All

principles presented have been verified in Matlab/Simulink simulation using

a cascaded five-level and a binary seven-level inverter.

Fig.2. Direct connection of multilevel HVDVR to utility grid.

6.1 TOPOLOGY OF MULTILEVEL HVDVR:

Fig. 2 shows the single-phase representation of a HVDVR

implemented using multiple series-connected H-bridges, each with its own

isolated dc energy storage. This inverter arrangement is commonly referred

to as multilevel inverter in the power conversion literature, and its overall


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output voltage Vinv is given by the sum of voltages Vi ( i=1 to N ) of the

H-bridges. Depending on its switching state, the output of each H-bridge can

assume the three discrete dc voltage levels of +Vdc , 0 V and -Vdc. When

series-connected, the resultant output Vinv of the multilevel inverter can

then switch among a greater number of voltage levels, giving rise to an

improved waveform quality. In addition, depending on the dc capacitor

potentials used, the total number of voltage levels that can be assumed by

Vinv varies, giving rise to four types of multilevel inverters, namely,

cascaded [5], binary [6], [7], quasilinear [7] and tri-nary [7] inverters (the

latter three inverters are referred to as hybrid inverters in this letter). The dc

source potentials needed for implementing these inverters and expressions

for their total number of output voltage levels are summarized in TableI.

TABLE IDC CAPACITOR VOLTAGES AND NUMBER OF OUTPUT VOLTAGE

LEVELS OF DIFFERENT MULTILEVEL INVERTERS (N = NUMBER OF H-

BRIDGES)

Referring to Table I and Fig. 2, it is noted that the output voltage of a hybrid

inverter can assume a larger number of dc voltage levels than a cascaded

inverter with the same number of series-connected H-bridges, by designing

its upper H-bridges to block higher dc voltages (kN > kn > k1) .

Therefore, the upper H-bridges of a hybrid inverter should be implemented


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using high-voltage thyristor-based power devices [e.g., integrated gate

commutated thyristors (IGCTs)], while the lower H-bridges should be

implemented using fast-switching power devices [e.g., insulated gate bipolar

transistors (IGBTs)], as indicated in Fig. 2 [6]. In addition, the switching

frequencies of the H-bridges should vary with the lowest H-bridge (with dc

link voltage of K1Vdc ) pulse-width modulated at a high switching

frequency, and while moving up the inverter phase-leg in Fig. 2, each H-

bridge should be switched at a progressively slower switching frequency.

Naturally, hybrid inverters offer the attractive advantage of significantly

improving the inverter harmonic performance using the same number of H-

bridges as a cascaded inverter. However, when considering cases of

semiconductor failure, hybrid inverters are less reliable (especially trinary

inverter) since a fault in the higher voltage H-bridge will significantly limit

the sag compensation ability of the HVDVR and also increase the overall

inverter harmonic content. With a greater emphasis on reliability rather thanharmonic performance, the HVDVR studied in this letter is therefore

implemented using either a cascaded five-level inverter or a binary seven-

level inverter with two series-connected H-bridges.


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CONCLUSION

In this paper an overview of DVR is presented. DVR is an

effective custom power device for voltage sags and swells

mitigation. The impact of voltage sags on sensitive equipment issevere. Therefore, DVR is considered to be an efficient solution

due to its relatively low cost and small size, also it has a fast

dynamic response.

The simulation results show clearly the performance of a

DVR in mitigating voltage sags and swells. The DVR handles both

balanced and unbalanced situations without any difficulties and

injects the appropriate voltage component to correct rapidly any

anomaly in the supply voltage to keep the load voltage balancedand constant at the nominal value.

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