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ABSTRACT
Current harmonics are introduced in a distribution system due to the increasing utilization of nonlinear loads. Therefore, elimination of harmonics from supply current is an inevitable task to do. In this paper, an adaptive control technique called I-cos-theta (Icosθ) control algorithm along with a Kernel-based training method is proposed in a fuel cell-based Distributed STATic COMpensator (DSTATCOM) simulation for harmonic compensation. Specifically, the direct and quadrature components of the load current are extracted and retrained using the Kernel-based Icosθ control algorithm. The control algorithm is implemented to generate reference currents, and then the appropriate switching pulses for the Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) of the DSTATCOM. The fuel cell is intended to maintain the DC-link voltage of the DSTATCOM during different loading conditions for power quality improvement. Further, the DC-link voltage is maintained constant at 530 V with an acceptable voltage regulation of <±16%, even under load transients and temporary supply failure conditions. Moreover, the simulation of the fuel cell-based DSTATCOM has been performed in Sim Power System (SPS)/MATLAB Simulink software. Also, a low power rated prototype is developed to verify the proposed simulation model, incorporating with the dSPACE1104 real-time environment.
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Trilochan Penthia
Trilochan Penthia is working in College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China) as postdoctoral fellow since May 2019. He received his B. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar (Odisha, India) in the year 2012, and M. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (India) in 2014. He did his Ph.D. as an Institute Research Scholar in the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela during the period of July 2014 to August 2018. He had worked as an Assistant professor at Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (India) from August 2018 to April 2019. His research interests include power electronics converters, solid-state transformer, power quality, applied power electronics, and superconducting power & energy technology.
Anup Kumar Panda
Anup Kumar Panda received the B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from Sambalpur University, India, M. Tech in Power Electronics and Drives from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and Ph.D. from Utkal University in 1987, 1993 and 2001 respectively. In 1990 he joined as a lecturer in IGIT, Sarang, served there for eleven years and then in January 2001 joined National Institute of Technology, Rourkela as an Assistant Professor and currently continuing as a Professor HAG in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela. He has published more than two hundred articles in journals and conferences. He has completed two MHRD projects, one CSIR and one NaMPET project. Guided twenty Ph.D. scholars and presently guiding ten scholars in the area of Power Electronics & Drives. He is a Fellow of Institute of Engineering and Technology UK, Institute of Engineers India and Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. He is also a senior member of IEEE USA. He was awarded the Institute Endowed Chair Professor Award in 2018. His research interest includes Design of high frequency power conversion circuits and Applications of Soft Computing Techniques, improvement in Multilevel Converter Topology, Power Factor Improvement, Power quality Improvement in power system and Electric drives.
Mrutyunjaya Mangaraj
Mrutyunjaya Mangaraj received the B. Tech (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering from Berhampur University, India in 2006. He received the M. Tech in Power System Engineering from VSSUT, Burla, India in 2010. He served as Assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NIST Berhampur, India from 2010 to 2013. He obtained Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela in 2018. He re-joined at NIST Berhampur for one and half years and currently continuing as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at LIET Vizianagaram. His area of research interest includes Power System Economics, Design and modelling of d-FACTS devices with Embedded Controller, Soft computing techniques etc.