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A Neural Network Controlled Optimal Pulse

This document discusses a technique for controlling the harmonic output of a STATCOM using a neural network controlled optimal pulse-width modulated scheme. A neural network algorithm is developed to define the switching instants, offering an alternative to complex magnetic circuit arrangements of traditional multi-pulse techniques and the large number of switchings required by conventional PWM technology. The optimal PWM scheme with ANN controller uses an alternative modulation scheme to reduce the STATCOM's magnetic circuit complexity while providing more control degrees of freedom to decrease the STATCOM's response time for applications like flicker control. The ANN is trained in MATLAB SIMULINK to achieve effective switching elimination of harmonics.

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A Neural Network Controlled Optimal Pulse

This document discusses a technique for controlling the harmonic output of a STATCOM using a neural network controlled optimal pulse-width modulated scheme. A neural network algorithm is developed to define the switching instants, offering an alternative to complex magnetic circuit arrangements of traditional multi-pulse techniques and the large number of switchings required by conventional PWM technology. The optimal PWM scheme with ANN controller uses an alternative modulation scheme to reduce the STATCOM's magnetic circuit complexity while providing more control degrees of freedom to decrease the STATCOM's response time for applications like flicker control. The ANN is trained in MATLAB SIMULINK to achieve effective switching elimination of harmonics.

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A neural network controlled optimal

pulse-width modulated STATCOM


The Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) is gaining an increasing role in
the provision of reactive power in modern electric power networks. Applications include
bulk reactive supply as well as rapid voltage control and flicker control. The paper
describes a technique to control the harmonic output of a static synchronous
compensator (STATCOM) using a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme with a minimal
number of additional switching. A neural network algorithm is developed to define the
switching instants. This technique offers an alternative to the multi-pulse techniques
that require complex magnetic circuit arrangements as well as to the conventional PWM
technology that requires a large number of switching.
The three-phase STATCOM differs from other reactive power supply devices such
as fixed capacitors, mechanically switched capacitors and Static Var Compensators
(SVC) which include actual energy storage elements such as capacitors or inductors; in
that the ability for energy storage is not a strict requirement but is only necessary for
system unbalance or harmonic absorption. This is a result of the fact that an ideal
three-phase reactive power source supplies (or absorbs) exactly zero real power on an
instantaneous basis.
The optimal PWM scheme with artificial neural network controller uses an
alternative to the conventional fundamental frequency modulation scheme to reduce
the complexity of the magnetic circuit of the STATCOM. This method has the advantage
of providing more degrees of freedom in the control which can be used to decrease the
response time of the STATCOM for applications such as flicker control. The ANN is to
achieve effective switching to eliminate harmonics using MATLAB SIMULINK software.

Fig. structure of PWM static condenser

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Synchronous Voltage Sources IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 9, no. 3, April
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[2] A.R.Dawood, Investigation of Different Circuit Topologies for Multi- STATCOM,
M.Sc. thesis, Univ. of Manitoba, Canada, 1996.
[3] C.Schauder et.al., Development of a 2 100 MVAR Static Condenser for Voltage
Control of Transmission Systems, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 10, no. 3, July
1995.
[4] R. W.Menzies, Y.Zhuang, Advanced Static Compensation Using a Multilevel GTO
Thyristor Inverter, IEEE Trans. On Power Delivery, vol. 10, no. 2, April 1995.
[5] J.B.Ekanayake, N.Jenkins, A Three-Level Advanced Static VAR Compensator, IEEE
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