Voltage Stability Improvement Using VSC Based D-STATCOM with Fuzzy Controller

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VOLTAGE STABILITY IMPROVEMENT USING VSC BASED
D-STATCOM WITH FUZZY CONTROLLER
M.MALLESWARARAO1, G.VENKATA NARAYANA2, V.SURESH3, K.Srikanth4,N.RAMMOHAN5
1PG scholar, Electrical& Electronics Engineering, Rise groups: Ongole, Ap, India
2Assoc Prof, HOD, Electrical& Electronics Engineering, Rise Groups: Ongole, Ap, India
3Asst.Prof, Electrical Electronics engineering, Priyadarshini Group of Institutions, Nellore,Ap, India
4Asst.Prof, Electrical Electronics engineering, QISCET, Ongole, Ap, India
5Assoc Prof, HOD, Electrical& Electronics Engineering, Rise Groups: Ongole, Ap, India
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Abstract – Performance evaluation and
Investigation of voltage source converter based
Distribution static compensator (D-STATCOM) with FLC
in Power distribution System (PDS) for voltage stability
enhancement and harmonics elimination. Proposed
scheme employed with Cascaded H-bridge inverters
having several advantages over conventional swathing
devices i.e low harmonic distortion, reduced number of
switches there by reduction of switching losses. The
Distribution static compensator D-STACTOM is a shunt
connected fast switching reliable FACTS device. Which
can able to generate and absorb the reactive power
based on load requirements in power distribution
system. It can also helps for power factor improvement,
voltage stability enhancement, stability profile
improvement and also eliminate the Total Harmonics
Distortion (THD) drawn from a Non-Liner Diode
Rectifier Loads (NLDRL). Here D-Q reference frame
theory is employed to generate them reference
compensating currents for D-STACTOM while Fuzzy
controller(FC) is used for capacitor dc voltage
regulation. A CHB Inverter is considered for shunt
compensation of a 11 kV secondary distribution
system. Finally a level shifted PWM (LSPWM) & Phase
shifted PWM (PSPWM) technique adopted to analyze
the performance of CHB Inverter for the proposed
scheme. Final results are obtained through Mat lab/
Simulink software tool box.
Key Words: VSC, D-STATCOM, LSPWM, PSPWM, CHB
I.INTRODUCTION
Modern power system is a complex dynamic inter
connecting network, where large number of generating
stations and their loads are connected to gather by means
long over head power transmission lines and finally in
contact with distribution networks. Even though the
power Generation is mostly reliable, but quality of power
consumers loads is not always so reliable the base reason
for this is contingencies which are undesirable. Power
distribution system should provide reliable flow of energy
at smooth sinusoidal voltage at the required magnitude
level and Frequency in order to have high degree of power
quality to at all customers hence power quality the degree
of voltage quality. In whole of PS network especially
distribution system has large number of non-linear loads,
which significantly affect the power quality. Apart from
non-linear loads, events like capacitor switching, motor
starting and abnormal faults could also inflict power
quality (P-Q) problems. P-Q problem is defined as any
manifested problem in voltage or current or leading to
frequent change in frequency variations could result in
failure of system or maloperation of consumer
equipments. Voltage sags (voltage Dips) and swells are
among the most of the P-Q problems in industrial
processes have to face with Voltage sags which are more
severe and causes more damage of equipment. During the
past few decades, power industries have proved that the
adverse impacts on the P-Q can be mitigated or avoided by
conventional means, that advancement in controlled
techniques using fast force commutated power electronics
(PE) are even more effective. P-Q compensators can be
categorized into two main types. One is shunt connected
compensating device can effectively eliminates harmonics.
The other is the series connecting device, which has an
edge over the shunt type for correcting the distorted
system side voltages and voltage sags caused by power
transmission System contingencies. The STATCOM which
used in distribution systems is called D-STACOM
(Distribution-STACOM) and its configuration is also
similar to normal STATCOM, with small modifications. It
can exchange both active and reactive power in power
distribution systems by varying the amplitude and phase
angle of the converter voltage with respect to the line
terminal voltage. A multilevel inverter is an advanced
power electronic device which reduces the Harmonics
presented in output voltage. by increasing the number of
output voltage levels with small number steps such that
high quality output can be made possible. There are
several types of multilevel inverters: cascaded H-bridge
(CHB), neutral point diode-clamped, flying capacitor types.
In particular, among these topologies, CHB inverters are
more popular they are being widely used In different
applications due to their Modularity and simplicity.
Various modulation methods can be applied to CHB

inverters. CHB inverters can also Increase the number of
output voltage levels easily by increasing the number of H-
bridges. This paper presents a D-STATCOM with a
proportional fuzzy controller based CHB multilevel
inverter for the harmonics mitigation and voltage stability
improvement by reactive power compensation of the
nonlinear loads. This type of arrangements have been
widely used for P-Q applications due to increase in the
number of voltage levels, low switching losses, low
electromagnetic compatibility for hybrid filters and higher
order harmonic lamination.
2. DESIGN OF MULTILEVEL BASED DSTATCOM
A.Basic Principle of D-STATCOM
A D-STATCOM (Distribution Static Compensator),
which is schematically depicted in consists of a two-level
Voltage Source Converter (VSC), a dc energy storage
device, a coupling transformer connected in shunt to the
distribution network through a coupling transformer. The
VSC converts the dc voltage across the storage device into
a set of three-phase ac output voltages. These voltages are
in phase and coupled with the ac system through the
reactance of the coupling transformer. Suitable adjustment
of the phase and magnitude of the D-STATCOM output
voltages allows effective control of active and reactive
power exchanges between the DSTATCOM and the ac
system. Such configuration allows the device to absorb or
generate controllable active and reactive power.
Fig 2.1: Schematic Diagram of a D-STATCOM
The VSC connected in shunt with the ac system provides a
multifunctional topology which can be used for up to three
quite distinct purposes:
I. Voltage regulation and compensation of reactive power;
2. Correction of power factor
3. Elimination of current harmonics.
Here, such device is employed to provide
continuous voltage regulation using an indirectly
controlled converter. As shown in Figure-l the shunt
injected current Ish corrects the voltage sag by adjusting
the voltage drop across the system impedance Zth. The
value of Ish can be controlled by adjusting the output
voltage of the converter. The shunt injected current Ish
can be written as,
The complex power injection of the D-STATCOM can be
expressed as,
Ssh =V L Ish*
It may be mentioned that the effectiveness of the
DSTATCOM in correcting voltage sag depends on the value
of Zth or fault level of the load bus. When the shunt
injected current Ish is kept in quadrature with V L, the
desired voltage correction can be achieved without
injecting any active power into the system. On the other
hand, when the value of Ish is minimized, the same voltage
correction can be achieved with minimum apparent power
injection into the system.
B. Control Reactive Power for Compensation
The aim of the control scheme is to maintain
constant voltage magnitude at the point where a sensitive
load under system disturbances is connected. The control
system only measures the rms voltage at the load point,
i.e., no reactive power measurements are required. The
VSC switching strategy is based on a sinusoidal PWM
technique which offers simplicity and good response.
Since custom power is a relatively low-power application,
PWM methods offer a more flexible option than the
fundamental frequency switching methods favored in
FACTS applications. Apart from this, high switching
frequencies can be used to improve on the efficiency of the
converter, without incurring significant switching losses.
Fig2.2: PI control for reactive power compensation
The controller input is an error signal obtained
from the reference voltage and the rms terminal voltage
measured. Such error is processed by a PI controller; the
output is the angle 0, which is provided to the PWM signal
generator. It is important to note that in this case, of
indirectly controlled converter, there is active and reactive
power exchange with the network simultaneously. The PI
controller processes the error signal and generates the
required angle to drive the error to zero, i.e. the load rms
voltage is brought back to the reference voltage.

C. Control for Harmonics Compensation
The Modified Synchronous Frame method is
presented. It is called the instantaneous current
component (id-iq) method. This is similar to the
Synchrous-Reference Frame theory (SRF) method. The
transformation angle is now obtained with the voltages of
the ac network. The major difference is that, due to
voltage harmonics and imbalance, the speed of the
reference frame is no longer constant. It varies
instantaneously depending of the waveform of the 3-phase
voltage system. In this method the compensating currents
are obtained from the instantaneous active and reactive
current components of the nonlinear load. In the same
way, the mains voltages V (a, b, c) and the available
currents ij (a, b, c) in a-b-c components must be calculated
as given by formula, where C is Clarke Transformation
Matrix.
However, the load current components are
derived from a SRF based on the Park transformation,
where Ɵ represents the instantaneous voltage vector
angle.
Fig2.3: Block diagram of SRF method
Shows the block diagram SRF method. Under balanced
and sinusoidal voltage conditions angle fI is a uniformly
increasing function of time. This transformation angle is
sensitive to voltage harmonics and un balance; therefore
dfI /dt may not be constant over a mains period. With
transformation given below the direct voltage component
is
D. Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter
Fig2.4: Circuit of the single cascaded H-Bridge Inverter
The circuit model of a single CHB inverter configuration.
By using single H-Bridge we can get 3 voltage levels. The
number of output voltage levels of CHB is given by 2n+l
and voltage step of each level is given by Vdc/2n, where n
is number of H-Bridges connected in cascaded. The
switching table is given in Table 9.
Table2.1Switching table for 2-level CHB Inverter
Fig2.5: Block diagram of 5-level CHB inverter model
The switching mechanism for 5-level CHB inverter is
shown
Table2.2Switching table for 5-level CHB Inverter
A.CONSTRUCTION OF FUZZY CONTROLLER

The internal structure of the control circuit. The
control scheme consists of Fuzzy controller, limiter, and
three phase sine wave generator for reference current
generation and generation of switching signals. The peak
value of reference currents is estimated by regulating the
DC link voltage. The actual capacitor voltage is compared
with a set reference value. The error signal is then
processed through a Fuzzy controller, which contributes
to zero steady error in tracking the reference current
signal.
A fuzzy controller converts a linguistic control
strategy into an automatic control strategy, and fuzzy
rules are constructed either by expert experience or with a
knowledge database. Firstly, the input Error ‘E’ and the
change in Error ‘ΔE’ have been placed with the angular
velocity to be used as the input variables of the fuzzy logic
controller. Then the output variable of the fuzzy logic
controller is presented by the control Current Imax
Fig3.2: Conventional fuzzy controller
To convert these numerical variables into
linguistic variables, the following seven fuzzy levels or sets
are chosen: NB (negative big), NM (negative medium), NS
(negative small), ZE (zero), PS (positive small), PM
(positive medium), and PB (positive big), as can be seen in
Fig.3.14.
Fig 3.3:Membership functions for Input, Change in
input, Output
4. MATLAB/SIMULINK POWER CIRCUIT MODEL OF D-
STATCOM
The power circuit model shows as 3-phase ac source,
transmission line system, non linear load, D-STATCOM,
control circuit, V-I measurements. D-STATCOM is
connected across the non linear load, from that we
obtained compensating currents, that are used to mitigate
the harmonics, and compensation of reactive power.
Fig4.1: Matlab/Simulink power circuit model for D-
STATCOM
A.Source voltage, current and load current without D-
STATCOM
Fig4.2: Source voltage, current and load current
without D-STATCOM
The general three phase ac voltage wave form obtained
through three phase ac source. Fig shows the three phase
source voltages, three phase source currents and load
currents respectively without D-STATCOM. It is clear that
without D-STATCOM load current and source currents are
same.
B.Source voltage, current and load current with D-
STATCOM

Fig4.3:Source voltage, current and load current with D-
STACTOM
The three phase source voltages, three phase source
currents and load currents respectively with DSTATCOM.
It is clear that with DSTATCOM even though load current
is non sinusoidal source currents are sinusoidal
Three phase source current that is given to by the
supply, it consists harmonic content in its wave form as
shown in
C.Output voltage of Five-level H-bridge inverter
The five levels are 1V, 0.5V, 0V, -0.5V, -1V. These 5
levels are obtained through cascaded H-Bridge 5-level
inverter. It gives a single phase voltage, by providing
transport delay for each phase in order to get 3-phase ac
voltage from 5-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Inverter.
Fig4.4: Output voltage wave form of 5-level H-
Bridge Inverter
D.Active power transferred to load with D-statcom
The active power can be improved with
compensation of reactive power using DSTATCOM.
Numerically average Real Power 4.5*10^6 Watts
Fig4.5: Active power transferred to load with
DSTATCOM
E. Reactive power transferred to load with D-statcom
The average reactive power almost near to 0 VAR,
hence the reactive power compensation takes place with
D-STATCOM.
Fig4.6:Reactive power transferred to load with D-
STATCOM
F. Harmonic spectrum of phase-a source current with
and without D-statcom
Hence the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of source
current without Dstatcom is 29.93% reduced to 6.19%
with D-STATCOM.
Fig4.7:Harmonic spectrum of phase-a source
current with out DSTATCOM
Fig4.8: Harmonic spectrum of phase-a source current
with DSTATCOM

G.DSTATCOM WITH FUZZY LOOP CONTROLLER
The Source Voltage, Source Current, and Load
Current, of Proposed Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based
DSTATCOM under Inductive load condition with Fuzzy
Logic Controller.
Fig4.9:Source Voltage, Source Current, Load Current
with FLC
H.Harmonic spectrum of phase-a source current with
FLC
4.10:Harmonic spectrum of phase-a source current
with FLC
FFT Analysis of Source Current of Proposed CMLI
Based DSTATCOM with Inductive Distorted Load
Condition with fuzzy logic controller, here we get the
Total harmonic distortion valve is 5.04%
I.PWM for Multilevel Inverter
There are 2 types of PWM techniques for Multilevel
Inverter.
1. Phase shifted Carrier PWM
2. Level Shifted Carrier PWM
1. Phase Shifted PWM
The Phase shifted carrier pulse width modulation. Each
cell is modulated independently using sinusoidal unipolar
pulse width modulation and bipolar pulse width
modulation respectively, providing an even power
distribution among the cells. A carrier phase shift of 3600 /
mC (No.of levels) for cascaded inverter is introduced
across the cells to Generate the stepped multi level output
waveform with lower distortion. If the Number of voltages
m=5, the number of carriers required are mC-1=4 and
Phaseshift=3600
Fig. 4.11 Wave form of Phase Shifted PWM
2. Level shifted PWM
The Level shifted carrier pulse width modulation .Each
cell is modulated independently using sinusoidal unipolar
width modulation and bipolar pulse width modulation
respectively, providing an even power distribution among
the cells. A carrier Level shift by 1/m (No.of levels) for
cascaded inverter is introduced across the
cells to generate the stepped multilevel output waveform
with lower distortion.
Fig. 4.12 Wave form of Level Shifted PWM
Comparison between the level shifted PWM scheme
without, with
D-statcom & with Fuzzy Controller
comparis
ons
Without D-
statcom
D-statcom
( pi
controller)
D-statcom (fuzzy
controller)
THD of
Source
Current 29.93% 6.19% 5.04%
5. CONCLUSION:
D-STATCOM with five levels CHB inverter is

investigated. Mathematical model for single H-Bridge
inverter is developed which can be extended to multi level
H-Bridge. The source voltage, load voltage, source current,
load current, power factor simulation results under non-
linear loads are investigated for LSCPWM and are
tabulated. Finally with the help of Matlab/Simulink based
model simulation we conclude that D-statcom fuzzy
controller is better than the pi controller techniques and
the results are presented. Fuzzy loop controller based D-
STATCOM in power distribution system.
5.2 FUTURE SCOPE
Reactive Power Compensation and Harmonics
mitigation with fuzzy loop controller based D-STATCOM is
the latest technology and is more effective use in future for
distribution power systems. It can be further extend
Neuro-fuzzy loop controller based D-STATCOM in power
distribution system.
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