Modular Transformerless Static Synchronous Series Compensator with Self-Balancing for Ultra High Current Using a Paralleling Scheme

A novel modular Transformerless, Self-balanced, Static Synchronous Series Compensator (TSB-SSSC) capable of delivering ultra-high current, with the objective of dynamically balancing the impedance of the transmission power grid, is proposed. Balancing transmission lines is crucial in power optimizat...

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Main Author: Ginart, A.E (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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520 3 |a A novel modular Transformerless, Self-balanced, Static Synchronous Series Compensator (TSB-SSSC) capable of delivering ultra-high current, with the objective of dynamically balancing the impedance of the transmission power grid, is proposed. Balancing transmission lines is crucial in power optimization and delivery because it increases the power transfer capability without building new power lines. The transformerless SSSC needs to support and control the line current from a few hundred to several thousand amperes. This paper presents how the ultra-high current architecture of the TSB-SSSC is achieved by operating multiple converters with self-balancing capabilities in parallel. The mechanism of self-balancing is based on the intrinsic physics of the capacitor and is enabled by a passive network of capacitor equalizers that keep the capacitor voltage equal during switching disconnection. The second self-balancing system consists of an inductive component that balances possible differences among delay switching caused by the aging of the multiple IGBTs from the different converters that form the SSSC. This work presents the analytical set of equations that describes the system and a complete set of simulations where the effectiveness of self-balancing paralleling topology is shown. © 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 
650 0 4 |a Electric lines 
650 0 4 |a Electric power transmission networks 
650 0 4 |a Energy transfer 
650 0 4 |a FACTS 
650 0 4 |a Flexible AC transmission systems 
650 0 4 |a High currents 
650 0 4 |a Modulars 
650 0 4 |a Power converters 
650 0 4 |a Self-balanced 
650 0 4 |a Self-balancing 
650 0 4 |a SSSC 
650 0 4 |a Static synchronous compensators 
650 0 4 |a Synchronous series compensators 
650 0 4 |a Transformerless 
650 0 4 |a Transmission power 
650 0 4 |a Transmission-line 
650 0 4 |a transmissions lines 
650 0 4 |a Ultra-high 
700 1 |a Ginart, A.E.  |e author 
773 |t Energies