Reduced rating VSC with a zig-zag transformer for current compensation in a three-phase four-wire distribution system

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Singh, Bhim ^a   Jayaprakash, P ^a   Somayajulu, T R ^a   Kothari, D P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM); Neutral current compensation; Power quality (PQ); Zig zag transformer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MATLAB; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WIRE;

CURRENT COMPENSATIONS; DISTRIBUTION STATIC COMPENSATOR (DSTATCOM); DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DSTATCOM; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; HARMONICS CURRENTS; LOAD BALANCING; MATLAB SOFTWARES; NEUTRAL CURRENT COMPENSATION; POINT OF COMMON COUPLINGS; POWER SYSTEM BLOCKSET; QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; SIMULINK; THREE PHASE FOUR WIRES; VOLTAGE REGULATIONS; ZIG-ZAG TRANSFORMER;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 58349113226     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2008.2005398     Document Type: Article

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