A flicker reduction control strategy using an adaptive var compensator

Conference · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:697188

Jatskevich, J; Wasynczuk, O ^[1]; Conrad, L ^[2]

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1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2. Cinergy, Plainfield, IN (United States)

A detailed computer model of a power network with loads, resistance welders and an Adaptive Var Compensator (AVC) has been developed and used to determine the effectiveness of the AVC on the reduction of observable flicker at neighboring loads. Flicker severity is determined using the UIE/IEC flickermeter methodology. Different control strategies for the AVC are considered and compared with respect to flicker reduction. A new flicker adaptive control (FAC) strategy is proposed that can be used for both power factor correction and flicker reduction. The measurement technique used in the FAC is shown to be accurate even in presence of significant harmonic distortion.

• Research Organization: Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 697188
• Report Number(s): CONF-990410-PROC.-Vol.2; TRN: IM9946%%574
• Resource Relation: Conference: 61. American power conference annual meeting, Chicago, IL (United States), 6-8 Apr 1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American power conference: Volume 61-2; McBride, A.E. [ed.]; PB: 485 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
ELECTRICAL TRANSIENTS
ELECTRIC POWER
QUALITY CONTROL
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
POWER FACTOR
HARMONICS
LOAD ANALYSIS