International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR)

ISSN: 2321-0869, Volume-2, Issue-5, May 2014

Effect of Thyristor Based Modulated Power Filter

Compensator on Power Quality
Laxmi Chand Sharma, Shiv Shanker Sharma, Devendra Mittal, Pushpendra Sharma

disastrous blackouts .Series and shunt Var compensation are

Abstract The shunt capacitor and OLTC are jointly used used to modify the natural electrical characteristics of ac
to regulate voltage and reactive power flow at a substation power systems. Series compensation modifies the
which ultimately decide the stability of the power system. This transmission or distribution system parameters, while shunt
paper also presents an overview of the state of the art in compensation changes the equivalent impedance of the load .
reactive power compensation technologies. The principles of
operation, design characteristics and application examples of
In both cases, the reactive power that flows through the
Var compensators implemented with thyristors and system can be effectively controlled improving the
self-commutated converters are presented. Static Var performance of the overall ac power system. Traditionally,
generators are used to improve voltage regulation,stability, and rotating synchronous condensers and fixed or mechanically
power factor in ac transmission and distribution systems. switched capacitors or inductors have been used for reactive
Examples obtained from relevant applications describing the power compensation. However, in recent years, static Var
use of reactive power compensators implemented with new compensators (SVCs) employing thyristor-switched
static Var technologies are also described. capacitors (TSCs) and thyristor controlled reactors (TCRs) to
provide or absorb the required reactive power have been
Index Terms OLTC, Var compensators, transmission, developed .Also, the use of self-commutated pulse width
distribution modulation (PWM) converters with an appropriate control
scheme permits the implementation of static compensators
I. INTRODUCTION capable of generating or absorbing reactive current
components with a time response faster than the fundamental
power network cycle . Based on the use of reliable high-speed
Var compensationn is defined as the management of reactive
power electronics, powerful analytical tools, advanced
power to improve the performance of ac power systems. The
control and microcomputer technologies, flexible ac
concept of Var compensation embraces a wide and diverse
transmission systems (FACTS) have been developed and
field of both system and customer problems, especially
represent a new concept for the operation of power
related with power quality issues, since most power quality transmission systems . In these systems, the use of SVCs with
problems can be attenuated or solved with an adequate fast response times play an important role, allowing to
control of reactive power . In general, the problem of reactive increase the amount of apparent power transfer through an
power compensation is viewed from two aspects: load existing line, close to its thermal capacity, without
compensation and voltage support. In load compensation the compromising its stability limits. These opportunities arise
objectives are to increase the value of the system power through the ability of special SVCs to adjust the interrelated
factor, to balance the real power drawn from the ac supply, to
parameters that govern the operation of transmission
compensate voltage regulation, and to eliminate current systems, including shunt impedance, current, voltage, phase
harmonic components produced by large and fluctuating angle and the damping of oscillations. This paper presents an
nonlinear industrial loads .Voltage support is generally overview of the state of the art of static Var technologies.
required to reduce voltage fluctuation at a given terminal of a Static compensators implemented with thyristors and
transmission line. Reactive power compensation in self-commutated converters are described. Their principles
transmission systems also improves the stability of the ac of operation, compensation characteristics and performance
system by increasing the maximum active power that can be
are presented and analyzed. A comparison of different Var
transmitted. It also helps to maintain a substantially flat generator compensation characteristics is also presented.
voltage profile at all levels of power transmission, it New static compensators are also discussed.
improves high-voltage dc (HVDC) conversion terminal
performance, temporary over voltages , and can avoid
II. SINGLE-PHASE SERIES COMPENSATED NETWORK
Manuscript received May 20, 2014.
Laxmi Chand Sharma, M.Tech. II Year (Power System) Student
Jagnnath University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India This demonstration ilustrates frequency-domain and
Shiv Shanker Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical time-domain analysis of a series-compensated transmission
Engineering, Rajdhani Institute of Technology & Management, Jaipur, system
Rajasthan, India
Devendra Mittal, Asst. Professor, Department of Electrical
2.1 Circuit Description
Engineering Jagannath University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Pushpendra Sharma, M.Tech. II Year (Power System) Student
Jagnnath University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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inversion), corresponding to 15 Hz and 300 Hz modes. The

15 Hz mode is due to a parallel resonance of the series
capacitance and the two shunt reactances. The 300 Hz mode
is mainly due to resonance of shunt line capacitance and
series reactance of the transmission system. These two modes
are likely to be excited at fault clearing.

2.4 Time Domain Simulation - Fault at Bus B2

Start the simulatiom and observe waveforms on the two

Scopes. At t = 3 cycles, a line-to-ground fault is applied and
the fault current reaches 10 kA (trace 1 of Scope2). During
the fault, the MOV conducts at every half cycle (trace 2 of
Scope1) and the voltage across the capacitor (trace 1 of
Scope1) is limited to 263 kV. At t = 9 cycles, the fault is
cleared. The 15 Hz mode is clearly seen on the capacitor
voltage (trace 1 of Scope1) and bus B2 voltage (trace 3 of
Scope1). During fault the flux in the transformer is trapped to
around 1 pu. At fault clearing the flux offset and 15 Hz
component cause transformer saturation (flux > 1.2 pu, trace
3 of Scope2), producing magnetizing current pulses (trace 2
of Scope2).

III. THREE-PHASE SERIES COMPENSATED NETWORK

This demonstration ilustrates use of three-phase blocks to
Fig.1 A 735 kV, 300 km line is used to transmit power
study transients on a series-compensated 735-kV
from bus B1 (735 kV equivalent system) to bus B2 (315 kV
transmission system
equivalent). In order to simplify, only one phase of the
system has been represented. 3.1 Circuit Description

In order to increase the transmission capacity, the line is A three-phase, 60 Hz, 735 kV power system transmitting
series compensated at its center by a capacitor representing power from a power plant consisting of six 350 MVA
40% of the line reactance. The line is also shunt compensated generators to an equivalent network through a 600 km
at both ends by a 330 Mvar shunt reactance (110 Mvar transmission line. The transmission line is split in two 300
/phase). Open the Series Compensation subsystem. Notice km lines connected between buses B1,B2, and B3. In order to
that the series capacitor is protected by a metal oxide varistor increase the transmission capacity, each line is series
(MOV) simulated by the Surge Arrester block. The 250 compensated by capacitors representing 40% of the line
MVA, 735 kV / 315 kV transformer is a Saturable reactance. Both lines are also shunt compensated by a 330
Transformer block simulating one phase of the three-phase Mvar shunt reactance. The shunt and series compensation
750 MVA transformer. A Multimeter block is used to equipments are located at the B2 substation where a 300
monitor the fault current as well as the flux and magnetizing MVA 735/230 kV transformer with a 25 kV tertiary winding
current of the transformer. feeds a 230 kV, 250 MW load. The series compensation
subsystems are identical for the two lines. For each line, each
2.2 Demonstration phase of the series compensation module contains the series
capacitor , a metal oxide varistor (MOV) protecting the
To study the transient performance of this circuit when a
capacitor, and a parallel gap protecting the MOV. When the
6-cycle fault is applied at node B2, Fault is simulated by the
energy dissipated in the MOV exceeds a threshold level of 30
Breaker block. Switching times are defined in the Breaker
MJ, the gap simulated by a circuit breaker is fired. CB1 and
block menu (closing at t = 3 cycles and opening at t = 9
CB2 are the two line circuit breakers .
cycles).
The generators are simulated with a Simplified Synchronous
2.3 Frequency Analysis
Machine block. Universal transformer blocks (two-windings
In order to understand the transient behavior of this and three-windings) are used to model the two transformers.
series-compensated network, a frequency analysis is first Saturation is implemented on the transformer connected at
preformed by measuring the Impedance at node B2. This bus B2. Voltages and currents are measured in B1, B2, and
measurement is performed by the Impedance Measurement B3 blocks. These blocks are Three-phase V-I Measurement
block connected at node B2. Open the Powergui and in the blocks where voltage and current signals are sent to the Data
Tools menu select 'Impedance vs Frequency Mesurement'. Acquisition block through Goto blocks.
Click on Display to compute and display the impedance for
the 0 - 500 Hz range. The impedance curves show two main
parallel resonances (impedance maxima and phase

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3.5 Three-Phase-to-Ground Fault

Change the fault type to a three-phase-to-ground fault by

checking Phases A, B, and C in the Fault Breaker block.
Restart the simulation. Notice that during the fault the energy
dissipated in the MOV builds up faster that in the case of a
line-to-ground fault. The energy reaches the 30 MJ threshold
level after 3 cycles, one cycle before opening of the line
breakers. As a result, the gap is fired and the capacitor
voltage quickly discharges to zero through the damping
circuit.

IV. SIMULATION MODELS

Grid electricity is generally distributed as three phase
balanced voltage waveforms forming the common 3-phase
sinusoidal AC system. One of the characteristics of the AC
Fig. 2 Single Line Diagram of Radial Utilization System
system is its sinusoidal voltage waveforms, which must
3.2 Fault and Line Switching always remain as close as possible to that of a pure
sine-wave. If it is distorted beyond certain acceptable
To study the transient performance of this circuit when a limits, as is often the case on power source networks
line-to-ground and three-phase-to-ground faults are applied
on line 1, The fault and the two line circuit breakers CB1 and comprising nonlinear type loads, the supply waveform
CB2 are simulated with blocks from the three-phase library. must be cleaned and corrected. The distorted waveform is
Open the dialog boxes of CB1 and CB2. See how the initial usually composed of a number of dominant sine waves of
breaker status and switching times are specified. A different harmonic frequencies, including the
line-to-ground fault is applied on phase A at t = 1cycle. The fundamental one at the 60 Hz. power frequency, referred
two circuit breakers which are initially closed are then open as the fundamental frequency, and the rest is referred to as
at t = 5 cycles, simulating a fault detection and opening time
the integral harmonic ripple component with
of 4 cycles. The fault is eliminated at t = 6 cycles, one cycle
after line opening. frequencies which are multiple of that of the fundamental.
Harmonic effective quantities are generally expressed in
3.3 Demonstration terms of their RMS-value since the heating or loss effect
Notice that this system contains the Powergui block. In depends on this total sum squared value of the distorted
addition, when you start the system the waveform.
'power_3phseriescomp' model, the sampling time Ts = 50e-6
is automatically set in your workspace. The system is V. SYSTEM MODELS
therefore be discretized using a 50 microseconds sample Figure depicts the single line diagram of radial utilization
time. system feeding a nonlinear type load. The load bus is
3.4 Line-to-Ground Fault connected to the switched/modulated Smart Power Filter
(SMPF). SMPF can be used to improve electric supply power
Double click the Data Acquisition block and open the three quality by reducing harmonic content in supply current by
scopes. Start the simulation. As the system has already been minimizing waveform distortion, notching and voltage
initialized (1500 MW generation at the 13.8 kV bus) with the fluctuations (swell, sag). Rs and Ls represent the equivalent
Lod Flow utility of the Powergui, the simulation starts in source transformer feeder resistance and inductance. and
steady state. At t = 1 cycle a line-to-ground fault is applied represent the supply and load voltage respectively.
and the fault current reaches 10 kA . During the fault, the
MOV conducts at every half cycle and the energy dissipated
in the MOV builds up to 13 MJ. At t = 5 cycles the line
protection relays (not simulated) open breakers CB1 and
CB2 and the energy stays constant at 13 MJ. As the
maximum energy does not exceed the 30 MJ threshold level,
the gap is not fired. After breaker opening the fault current
drops to a small value and the line and series capacitance
start to discharge through the fault and the shunt reactance.
The fault current extinguishes at the first zero crossing after
the opening order given to the fault breaker (t = 6 cycles).
Then, the series capacitor stops discharging and its voltage
oscillates around 220 kV . Fig. 3 Single Line Diagram of Radial Utilization System

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When Load Is Linear

Without Filter Compensation
This case addresses the power quality enhancement scheme
using modulated power filter compensator. The use of the power factor @ phase A
switched modulated power filter compensator is to enhance
power quality in low voltage distribution systems under 0.5
unbalanced and fault conditions. The simulation results are
0
shown and are done with and without the modulated power
compensating filter. The software used in this case is the -0.5
Matlab/Simulink. 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
The Modulated power filter is controlled by a dynamic
tri-loop controller. The purpose of this dynamic controller is power factor @ phase B
to minimize switching transients, maximize power/energy 1
utilization and to improve power factor under unbalanced
load and fault conditions. The major components of the AC 0.5
system are: Three phase-four wire AC power supplies; Novel
Modulated power Filter; Tri -loop dynamic error driven error 0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
controller and Single phase load.
NLL _A

In N

A
a
b
aA
A A
aA

bB
NLL _B
power factor @ phase C
bB B B
B
C
c
n cC
C
1 km Feeder
C
cC In N 1
25 kv/600 v
Transformer Bus Load Bus
400 kVA NLL _C
A

MPFC 0.5
A

In N
Cn
s1

s2

C
A

25 KV AC source s1
C
A

B
C

[In ] -K- In
PWM
Three -Phase Fault
Linear Load
0
s2

Controller
-0.5
Continuous
[In ]

Goto
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
powergui
i
-
+

Current Measurement
Time (s)
Zn +
v [Vn]
-
Rg

[Vn]
Fig 7 Load Power Factor without compensation
VL V
From 3
[In ] IL I
Scope 2
From 2 Load

In

Nutral Harmonic
In
With Filter
Load Harmonic

Compensation
Fig. 4 Matlab- Simulink functional model of the 3Phase-4
Wire Model
power factor @ phase A
1
Ei Et
1 signalrms 0.8
sigma 1 sigma 2
In
Irms Gama I
0.8
1
Delay 1 Pulses s1
PID Signal
(s)
0.15 1.8
Saturation
2
s2
0.6
I1 ref Gama n PWM Generator

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

En

1
power factor @ phase B
|u| 1.2
0.001 s+1 rEh
Transfer Fcn 2 Abs Gama h
1

Fig. 5 Tri loop dynamic Variable structure-sliding mode

control Scheme
2 B 0.5
1 A 3 C
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
C
A

Cf
power factor @ phase C
C
A

B
A

1
C
+

0.8
1 g
2
s1
1
S1
Rf 0.6
Lf

2 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

s2 g

1
2
Time (s)
S 2

4 Cn

Fig. 6 Modulated Power Filter Compensator Scheme Fig 8 Load Power Factor with compensation

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Load Current (rms)/pu @ phase A Load Voltage (rms)/pu @ phase A

1.5 1

1
0.5
0.5
0
0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.36
Load Current (rms)/pu @ phase B Load Voltage (rms)/pu @ phase B
1
1

0.5 0.5

0
0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.36
Load Current (rms)/pu @ phase C Load Voltage (rms)/pu @ phase C
1 1

0.5 0.5

0
0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.36
Time (s) Time (s)

Fig 9 Load current without compensation

Fig 11 Load voltage without compensation

Load Current (rms)/pu @ phase A

1 Load Voltage (rms)/pu @ phase A
1.5

0.5
1

0.5
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 0
4
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
x 10 4
Load Current (rms)/pu @ phase B x 10
0.4 Load Voltage (rms)/pu @ phase B
1.5

0.2 1

0.5
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 0
4 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
x 10 4
Load Current (rms)/pu @ phase C x 10
0.4 Load Voltage (rms)/pu @ phase C
1

0.2
0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 0
Time(s) 4 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
x 10
Time (s) 4
x 10

Fig 10 Load current with compensation

Fig 11 Load voltage with compensation

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S1
Power/pu @ phase A 1

0.8
0.2
0.6
0.1 0.4

0 0.2
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0
0.15 0.2 0.25

Power/pu @ phase B
S2
0.2
1

0.1 0.8

0.6

0 0.4
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0.2

0
Power/pu @ phase C 0.15 0.2 0.25
0.2 Time(s)

Fig 13 Compensator S1 and S2

0.1

0 VI. WHEN LOAD IS NOT LINEAR

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
Time (s)
This case addresses another power quality enhancement
scheme also using modulated power filter compensator. This
Fig 11 Load power without compensation case presents a novel dynamic voltage regulator Power filter
and capacitor correction compensator scheme to enhance
power utilization and improve power quality in low voltage
distribution systems under the nonlinear load conditions.
The modulated power filter is controlled by a dynamic
tri-loop error driven PID controller. The purpose of this
Power/pu @ phase A dynamic hybrid Tri-functional compensator is to minimize
feeder switching transients, maximize power/energy
0.2 utilization and to improve power factor under unbalanced
load and fault conditions. The functional
0.1
MATLAB/SIMULINK model of a radial distribution system
0 with the proposed dynamic hybrid reactive power
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 compensation scheme is presented.
I I I

Power/pu @ phase B Transmission line V V V

25kv 2km
0.2 Measurement 1 Measurement 2 Measurement 3
i
+ - i i
+ - + -

1 2
0.1
Load 1 2MVA@PF=0.8 + v Load 2 1.5MVA@PF=0.8 + v
- - Load 3 1.5MVA@PF=0.8 + v
+ v -
-
0 Linear Transformer

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 138 kv 25kv

Scope

I
Power/pu @ phase C I I

0.2 I V
V
V

IL Measurement 5 Measurement 4
g [S1] Measurement 6
Harmonic Analysis 2
1
i +
i + i +
-
0.1 In
i
-
+
i
-
+ -
-

N.L.Load Controller +
+ v -
[S2] v -
+ Load 5 1MVA@PF=0.8 load 4 1MVA@PF=0.8
VL v -
0 [S1] PWM1
Voltage Measurement 6
Load 6 1MVA@PF=0.8

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.02 0.25 0.3 0.35 IL [IL]

[S2] PWM2
Time (s) PF
[PF]
g

1
2

Continuous

Fig 12 Load power with compensation powergui V6

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Fig 14 Simulink model of the radial distribution system with
the non- linear load

Ev
1 1
1
V1 ref Gama V Et PWM
PWM1
1
1 rms
signal -K-
PID Signal(s)Pulses
VL 0.02s+1 Et
Gain 1 2
Vrms1 Transfer Fcn 1 Saturation PWM2
PWM Generator
3
PF

V1 ref1 0.98

Epf
1
rms 0.5
2 signal K- 0.02s+1
IL Gain
Vrms2 Transfer Fcn 2 Gama P rEp Current and voltage waveforms of the nonlinear load without
compensation
Delay 2

Fig 15 Dynamic Tri-loop error driven PID controller

V.I

i I
Signal(s)Pulses g + +
-
V
PWM Generator Current Measurement 7
1 A - Measurement 7
In
Terminator 1 2 Universal Bridge
+
v -

Voltage Measurement 1

25 kV/0.8kV
Voltage Measurement
+ v
-

Current and voltage waveforms of the nonlinear load with

compensation

Fig 16 Compensation Switching

Without Filter Compensation and With Filter

Compensation

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Reactive power compensation is shown in this paper using a

single phase equivalent diagram and a three phase
equivalent network diagram with a series compensator.
Simulation is also done for linear and non linear loads and
the outcomes of power, voltage and current is shown with the
help of simulated waveforms in Matlab . Power quality is
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