CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT I

LIST OF FIGURE II

LIST OF TABLE IV

LIST OF SYMBOL & ABBREVIATIONS V

1. INTRODUCTION 1-4

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 The nature of power system oscillations 1

1.3 Controllers for damping power system oscillations 2

1.4 Problem statement 4

1.5 Outline of dissertation 4

2. LITERATURE REVIEW 5-7

2.1 Literature review 5

2.2 Objectives of thesis 6

3. POWER OSCILLATIONS DAMPING 8-11

3.1 Power system stability 8

3.2 Power oscillations and its causes 10

3.3 Power oscillations damping 11

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4. FACTS CONTROLLERS 12-17

4.1 Need of FACTS controllers 12

4.2 Classification of FACTS controllers 12

4.2.1 Series controller – SSSC 13

4.2.2 Shunt controller – STATCOM 14

4.2.3 Combined series-shunt controller - UPFC 15

4.2.4 Combined series-series controller – IPFC 16

4.3 Summary 17

5. PROPOSED APPROACH 18-25

5.1 Proposed system 18

5.2 Three phase to two phase conversion 19

6. DESIGN AND MODELING OF STATCOM 26-35

6.1 Principle of STATCOM 26

6.2 Power exchange in STATCOM 28

6.3 Modeling of STATCOM 31

6.4 Design of STATCOM 32

6.4.1 Design of the choke 32

6.4.2 Design of capacitors 33

6.4.2.1 Voltage rating 33

6.4.2.2 Capacitance rating 34

6.5 Realization of the Phase Locked Loop (PLL) 34

7. SVPWM AND PI CONTROLLER 36-46

7.1 Pulse width modulation 36

7.2 Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) 37

7.2.1 Harmonic analysis of inverter output 37

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7.2.2 Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation

(SVPWM) control 39

7.2.2.1 Calculation of time period

for sector I 40

7.2.2.2 Switching time duration at any

sector (T1, T2, T0) 41

7.2.2.3 Determination of switching time 42

7.3 Proportional-Integral control 44

7.3.1 Ziegler–Nichols tuning method of PI

controller 45

8. MATLAB SIMULINK MODEL 47-54

8.1 Complete MATLAB simulink model 47

8.2 STATCOM controller subsystem 48

8.3 Reference current generator 49

8.4 Complete subsystem of abc to dq transformation 49

8.5 abc to αβ transformation 50

8.6 αβ to dq transformation 51

8.7 Phase locked loop (PLL) 51

8.8 PI controller subsystem 52

8.9 Space vector pulse width modulation subsystem 52

8.10 Sector selector Subsystem 53

8.11 Multiport switch subsystem 53

8.12 Vector selector subsystem 54

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9. MATLAB SIMULATION RESULTS 55-63

9.1 Simulation results of proposed system 55

9.1.1 Simulation results during normal condition

i.e. when fault does not occur 55

9.1.2 Simulation results during fault condition 59

10. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE 64

10.1 Conclusion and future scope 64

REFERENCES 65

WEBSITES VISITED 67

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 68