Experience with an inverter-based dynamic voltage restorer

Woodley, N.H.; Morgan, L. Lloyd; Sundaram, A.

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“…The world's first DVR, built by Westinghouse (now part of Siemens), was installed in 1996 in USA and its rating was 2 MVA [15]. The largest reported DVR was sized 2*22.5 MVA (modular) built by ABB [16].…”

Section: Voltage Source Inverter (Vsi) or Voltage Sourcementioning

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Costs of Custom Power Devices Versus the Financial Losses of Voltage Sags and Short Interruptions: A Techno-economic Analysis

El-Gammal¹,

Abou-Ghazala²,

El-Shennawy³

2010

IJCEE

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Abstract-The increased concern about the financial losses due to voltage sags and interruptions plus the advancements in power electronics technology have led to the innovation of very fast acting intervening equipment that can mitigate such disturbances at the facility entrance. Although significant improvements in the overall power quality can be achieved, however, the high cost of these custom power devices can offset the benefits resulting from their application. The problem therefore, is one of finding a compromised solution that makes technical and financial sense. In this paper, the technical merits of the custom power devices are highlighted, along with their effectiveness in mitigating voltage sags and/or short interruptions. The costs of each application are financially analyzed together with a procedure for the decision maker to compare the payback or the revenue of investment in such devices. A case study of an oil refinery in Alexandria, Egypt is considered to illustrate the proposed procedure.Index Terms-Custom Power Devices, Power Quality, Techno-economic Analysis, Voltage Sags. I. INTRODUCTIONVoltage sags and short interruptions can be generally described as brief voltage reduction events, followed by restoration of the normal supply conditions. Voltage sags and short interruptions are probably the most serious power quality problems, as they are frequent causes of tripping electrical equipment in industrial installations, leading to costly process shutdowns [1].Custom power devices are a special category of power conditioning equipment, used to protect the entire facility from such voltage disturbances. Custom power devices have to work within parts of a cycle, thanks to the advancements in power electronics technology, such that the load bus will not be affected by the supply disturbance [2].The study work in this paper tries to answer two questions; which custom power device to use and at what cost. The paper proposes a methodology for the decision makers, to Manuscript received February 3, 2010. M. A. El-Gammal is the head of the Electrical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544 Egypt (e-mail: gammalmah50@yahoo.com).A. Y. Abou-Ghazala, is the Electrical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544 Egypt (e-mail: a.ghazala@electroopower.com).T. I. El-Shennawy is with Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemicals Co. (ANRPC), Alexandria 23111 Egypt (corresponding author, e-mail : tshennawy@yahoo.com, mob.: (+2012) 3926297, Fax.: (+203) 4446785, Phone(+203) 4264161).compare the technical merits and limitations of these devices, along with an economical evaluation of their costs against the financial losses associated with sags and interruptions. II. VOLTAGE SAGS AND SHORT INTERRUPTIONS A. DefinitionsThe IEEE Std. 1159-2009 defines voltage sag as: A decrease to between 0.1 and 0.9 pu in rms voltage or current at the power frequency for durations of 0.5 cycle to 1 min. The amplitude of voltage...

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Section: Voltage Source Inverter (Vsi) or Voltage Sourcementioning

confidence: 99%

Costs of Custom Power Devices Versus the Financial Losses of Voltage Sags and Short Interruptions: A Techno-economic Analysis

El-Gammal¹,

Abou-Ghazala²,

El-Shennawy³

2010

IJCEE

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“…The first DVR was installed in North Carolina, for the rug manufacturing industry [11]. Another was installed to a large dairy food processing plant in Australia [13].…”

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Control of Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) Using Instantaneous Symmetrical Component for Voltage Sag/Swell Mitigation

2014

IJAERD

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Abstract-Power quality is one of the major concerns in the era of power system. To overcome this problem, Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) is used, which eliminate voltage sag and swell in the distribution line, it is efficient and effective power electronic device. The size of DVR is small, cost is low and fast dynamic response to the disturbance. By injecting an appropriate voltage, the DVR restores a voltage waveform and ensures constant load voltage. The compensating signals are determined dynamically based on the difference between desired and measured values. The proposed control strategy is simulated in MATLAB software using simulink and sim power system toolboxes.

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“…These supplementary actions are referred to as voltage stability and power oscillation damping (POD) control. In this work, voltage stability and POD control has been applied to Static synchronous series compensator (SSSC).The SSSC using a voltage source converter to inject a controllable voltage in quadrature with the line current of a power network is able to rapidly provide both capacitive and inductive impedance compensation independent of the power line current [12][13][14]. Moreover, a SSSC with a suitably designed external damping controller can be used to improve the damping of the low frequency power oscillations in a power network.…”

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Voltage Control and Power Oscillation Damping Of Multi-Area Power System Using StaticSynchronous Series Compensator

Kumar¹

2012

IOSRJEEE

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Experience with an inverter-based dynamic voltage restorer

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Costs of Custom Power Devices Versus the Financial Losses of Voltage Sags and Short Interruptions: A Techno-economic Analysis

Costs of Custom Power Devices Versus the Financial Losses of Voltage Sags and Short Interruptions: A Techno-economic Analysis

Control of Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) Using Instantaneous Symmetrical Component for Voltage Sag/Swell Mitigation

Voltage Control and Power Oscillation Damping Of Multi-Area Power System Using StaticSynchronous Series Compensator

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