A DSP-based Integrated Hardware Set-up for a DSTATCOM: Design, Development, and Implementation Issues

Abstract

The paper describes the design, development, and implementation issues of a digital signal processor-based integrated hardware set-up for a distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM). A detailed documentation revealing all the design aspects of the important building blocks of the set-up is presented. The transducer, signal conditioning, synchronizing, blanking, protection, optoisolation, and power supply circuits are constructed and assembled to form a prototype laboratory model. In the present work, an H-bridge voltage source inverter-based DSTATCOM has been realized. The efficacy of this arrangement is demonstrated by conducting experiments and the results are discussed.

Keywords:

• Digital signal processor
• Distribution static compensator
• DSTATCOM experimental set-up
• Power quality

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Notes on contributors

Mahesh K. Mishra

Mahesh K. Mishra received the B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from the College of Technology, Pantnagar, India, in 1991, the M.E. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 2002. He has about 18 years of teaching and research experience. About ten years, he was with the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. Currently, he is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. His interests are in the areas of power distribution systems, power electronics, and control systems. E-mail: [email protected]

K. Karthikeyan

K. Karthikeyan received the B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Syed Ammal Engineering College, Madurai Kamaraj University, Ramanathapuram, India, in 2002, the M.E. degree in power systems from the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, in 2008. Currently, he is working as a Senior Engineer in Drives and Power System - R&D, Converteam EDC Private Ltd., Chennai, India. His fields of interest include wind power system modeling, PWM inverters, Flicker compensation and Shunt active power filters. E-mail: [email protected]

G. Vincent

Vincent G. received his B. Tech. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University, India in 1992 and his M. Tech. degree in Energetics from Calicut Regional Engineering College, India in 1995. He completed his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India in 2009. He has teaching experience of about 14 years and is currently serving as a faculty member at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology at Kottayam, Kerala. His areas of interest include power quality and power electronics applications in power system. E-mail: [email protected]

S. Sasitharan

S. Sasitharan completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in 2001 and his Masters in Power System Engineering from Annamalai University, Chidambaram in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he was a faculty at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai. Now he is pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Madras. His areas of interest include power system control and power electronics application to power systems. E-mail: [email protected]