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Series Compensation Technique for Voltage Sag Mitigation

1
NAGENDRABABU VASA,
2
SREEKANTH G,
3
NARENDER REDDY
NARRA,
4
Dr. SRUJANA A

ABSTRACT: - Modern industrial processes are based on a large amount of electronic devices such as
programmable logic controllers and adjustable speed drives. Unfortunately, electronic devices are sensitive to
disturbances, and thus, industrial loads become less tolerant to power quality problems such as voltage sags,
voltage swells, and harmonics. Voltage sags are an important power quality problem for which the dynamic
voltage restorer (DVR) is known as an effective device to mitigate them. The dynamic voltage restorer (DVR)
has become popular as a cost effective solution for the protection of sensitive loads from voltage sags and
swells. A control method is used in this paper that is Phase Locked Loop.A phase locked loop is used to keep the
load voltage synchronized continuously and track the source voltage. It is shown that the proposed method
improves the performance of the DVR.
This paper deals with modeling and simulation of a Dynamic Voltage Restore (DVR) for mitigation of
voltage sags. Effectiveness of proposed technique is investigated through computer simulation by using
MATLAB/SIMULNK software.
Key words: - DVR, Phase Locked Loop, Voltage Sag, Voltage swell.
I. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Problems in Distribution System
Nowadays, more and more power electronics equipment, so-called sensitive equipment, are used in
the industrial process to attain high automatic ability. Susceptibility of these end-user devices draws attention of
both end customers and suppliers to the questions of power quality, especially, short duration power
disturbances, such as voltage dips, swells and short interruptions. The most common form of power quality
disruption is the voltage sag, which accounts 70% of all power disturbances.
Several voltage sags can result in total equipment shutdown having the same effect as outage sag of
normally below 20% of nominal voltage will result equipment shutdown and the voltage sags that occurs during
the operation of the equipment will cause a reduction in the life span and efficiency of these devices. Voltage
sags are classified as temporary voltage disruptions that result in a voltage wave form at the terminals of a load
that is less than the nominal voltage, which can be between 0.1 and 0.9 per units rms. This reduction in voltage
magnitude typically lasts equipment shutdown anywhere between 5 to 30 cycles. Its magnitude and length of
duration are important characteristics in determining the severity of the voltage sag.

II. VOLTAGE SAG AND MITIGATION TECHNIQUES
2.1 Voltage Sag
A Voltage Sag as defined by IEEE Standard 1159 - 1995, IEEE Recommended Practice for
Monitoring Electric Power Quality, is a decrease in RMS voltage at the power frequency for durations from
0.5 cycles to 1 minute, reported as the remaining voltage.
The measurement of a Voltage Sag is stated as a percentage of the nominal voltage; it is a measurement
of the remaining voltage and is stated as a sag to a percentage value. Thus a Voltage Sag to 60% is equivalent to
60% of nominal voltage, or 264 Volts for a nominal 440 Volt system. Voltage sag for a three phase system is
shown in fig (2.1).

Figure 2.1: Three phase voltage sag

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2.2 Multi Phase Sags and Single Phase Sags
They are three types of sags based on the number of phases are as follows.

2.2.1 Single Phase Sags
The most common voltage sags, over 70%, are single phase events which are typically due to a phase
to ground fault occurring somewhere on the system. This phase to ground fault appears as a single phase voltage
sag on other feeders from the same substation. Typical causes are lightning strikes, tree branches, animal contact
etc. It is not uncommon to see single phase voltage sags upto 30% of nominal voltage or even lower in industrial
plants.

2.2.2 Phase to Phase Sags
Two Phase, phase to phase sags may be caused by tree branches, adverse weather, animals or vehicle
collision with utility poles. The two phase voltage sag will typically appear on other feeders from the same
substation.

2.2.3 Three Phase Sags
Symmetrical three phase sags account for less than 20% of all sag events and are caused either by
switching or tripping of a three phase circuit breaker, switch or recloser which will create three phase voltage
sag on other lines fed from the same substation. Three phase sags will also be caused by starting large motors
but this type of event typically causes voltage sags to approximately 80% of nominal voltage and is usually
confined to an industrial plant or its immediate neighbor.

2.3 Sag Mitigation Techniques
Different devices are currently available for the mitigation of power quality problems. Correct
understanding of their features, as well as that of load requirements, is needed for their proper application. To
provide voltage sag ride-through capability, the different solutions available always include some kind of energy
storage. Some methods of sag mitigation techniques [9] are described bellow.

2.3.1 Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) Devices
FACTS devices can be divided into three categories such as series controller, shunt controller, and
combined controller.

Series connected controllers:
Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC), Thyristor-Switched Series Capacitor (TSSC),
Thyristor-Switched Series Reactor (TSSR), Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR), etc.

Shunt connected controllers:
Static Synchronous Generator (SSG), Static Var Compensator (SVC), Static Synchronous
Compensator (STATCOM), Thyristor-Controlled Reactor (TCR), Thyristor-Switched Capacitor (TSC), etc.
Combined controllers: Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC), Thyristor- Controlled Phase Shifting
Transformer (TCPST), etc.

2.3.1.1 Series Compensation Method
A dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) was introduced for mitigating a voltage sag. The DVR shown in Fig
2.2 is based on an Voltage source converter (VSC) system that has energy storage for supplying active power,
an output filter to make output voltage wave sinusoidal, and a step up transformer connected in series with line.

Fig 2.2Configuration of DVR

A DVR is configured as a series-connected voltage controller. To control the output voltage of the
DVR, the inverter supplies the missing load voltage using self-commutable electronic switches such as a gate
turn-off thyristor (GTO), or an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), or an insulated gate commutated
thyristor (IGCT). A DVR injects the missing voltage in series; it can be called a series voltage controller, but the
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term DVR is commonly used now. The advantages of the DVR are fast response, ability to compensate for a
voltage sag and a voltage phase shift using an inverter system.
Three schemes can be used to generate the missing voltage in series with the source voltage for
compensating the voltage sag such as,
- In-phase voltage injection
- Phase-invariant voltage injection
- Phase advanced voltage injection
In the in-phase voltage injection scheme, the injecting voltage has the same phase angle of the source
voltage. Therefore, the magnitude of the injected voltage is the smallest among three compensation schemes.
However, this scheme requires the largest active power. In case of the phase invariant voltage injection scheme,
the DVR injects the missing voltage that keeps the magnitude of the voltage as well as the phase of the supply
voltage. This scheme needs a large injected voltage and may cause over injection of reactive power. Since the
size of energy storage is closely related to the requirement of active power, various compensation methods to
reduce the requirement of active energy have been proposed.
If the injected voltage is in quadrature with the load current, the DVR does not inject active power.
This scheme is highly dependent on the load power factor and may generate a sudden jump of the voltage phase
angle. To avoid sudden phase angle jump, the phase of the injected voltage should be gradually changed at the
beginning of the compensation as well as at the restoration in order not to disturb the operation of sensitive
loads. The high-speed PWM switching and output filter makes it possible to achieve a fast response with less
harmonic distortion. However, DVR are expensive because of the converter systems, the inserting transformer,
and energy storages to supply active and reactive power for the missing voltage.

2.3.1.2 Shunt Compensation Method (D-STATCOM)
A distribution static synchronous compensator (D-STATCOM) is shown in Fig2.3. which controls the
load voltage in a shunt configuration. The D-STATCOM injects a current to compensate the load voltage
variation.

Figure2.3: Schematic of a D-STATCOM

D-STATCOM mainly consists of the inverter circuit with Xsh coupling inductance, The leakage
inductance of the transformer. Also, the D-STATCOM, a shunt-connected voltage controller, is connected to the
critical load with system impedance. The effectiveness of D-STATCOM depends on the source impedance Zth
and the fault level. When the phase of the Vsh is in quadrature with the Ish, without injecting real power the D-
STATCOM can achieve the voltage sag mitigation. The shunt injecting current Ish and V
L
can be expressed as


Fig2.4 shows the equivalent circuit diagram where Zs is source impedance, ZL is load impedance, I, is shunt
compensation current and V change in voltage

Figure2.4: Circuit diagram of shunt current injection scheme
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The complex power developed in the D-STATCOM controller to support the load voltage is given as


2.3.1.3 Combined Compensator
The Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC) consists of two VSCs: one is shunt connected to the
power system, another is series connected to the load. The two converters are connected by a common dc bus, as
shown in fig.2.8.

Figure 2.5: Unified power quality conditioner
During the voltage dip, the controllable voltage, both magnitude and phase angle, is injected by the
UPQC to maintain the load terminal voltage and the required energy at the dc bus is provided by the shunt
connected VSC, which extracts the energy from the power system. As the power drawn by the shunt connected
VSC is kept equal to the power delivered to the series connected VSC, the energy storage device at the dc bus is
not necessary in the UPQC. However, the power coming from the power system will be greatly reduced during
the dip. The shunt connected VSC must be designed to operate correctly with reduced or even unbalanced input
voltage. The UPQC also can eliminate the harmonics in the supply current besides mitigating the voltage dip in
the power system.

III. DYNAMIC VOLTAGE RESTORER
Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) is a series voltage injection device. It is used to improve the power
quality condition in the transmission as well as in distribution line. DVR is basically a power electronic device
comprising of an inverter, energy storage device and a LC filter at the output of inverter. This basic structure
may have coupling transformer to couple it with transmission or distribution line. In a transmission line, it is
used to improve maximum transmissible power, voltage stability, transient stability and damp the power
oscillations. In distribution system it is used to mitigate sag and also used as an active filter for harmonic
compensation. In this thesis sag mitigation aspect of DVR in distribution system has been taken into
consideration. First, the basic DVR topology has been discussed. Different voltage injection methods have been
presented. Detailed modeling of DVR is then derived and control strategy for the DVR is discussed in detail.
Control strategy with DVR model has been simulated in MATLAB Simulink.

3.1 Series Voltage Injection
AC power transmission over long line was primarily limited by the series reactive impedance of the
line as per the following equation.
P = sin
Where,
V
s
= sending end voltage
V
r
= receiving end voltage
X
l
= Line inductance
= Power angle
To increase the power transmission earlier series capacitive compensation was introduced. This
basically cancel a portion of reactive line impedance and thereby increase the maximum transmissible power. If
we take the compensation factor k as
k= X
c
/X
l
0k<1,
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power flow in the line can be written as
P= sin.
Series capacitive compensation reduces the line inductance and thereby increases the line current. This
can be seen by in an other way. To increase the line current, voltage across the line impedance must be
increased. Capacitor also does the same thing as voltage across the capacitor is in opposition to the voltage drop
in the line impedance. So the physical nature of series circuit element is irrelevant as long as it produces the
desired compensating voltage. Thus an alternate compensating circuit may be envisioned as an ac voltage source
which directly injects the desired compensating voltage in series with the line. This injected ac voltage can be
controlled as per the required compensation level. Basic diagram of a variable series voltage compensated line is
shown in Fig.3.1.
Voltage source inverter (VSI) can be used to generate the ac voltage at desired frequency with
controllable amplitude and phase angle. This generated voltage cant be directly fed into the line as inverter
output voltage has switching harmonics. DVR is the combination of VSI and filter. DVR is primarily used to
mitigate the sag swell problems in receiving end voltage. In a transmission system, it can be used to improve the
voltage stability, transient stability and to damp the power oscillations.


Figure 3.1: Basic Series Voltage Compensated Line

A typical DVR connection is shown in Fig.3.2. It is connected in series with the distribution feeder-2
that supplies a sensitive load. For a fault clearing or switching at point A of the incoming feeder or fault in the
distribution feeder-1, the voltage at feeder-2 will sag. Without the presence of the DVR, this will trip the
sensitive load causing a loss of production. The DVR can protect the sensitive load by inserting voltages of
controllable amplitude, phase angle and frequency (fundamental and harmonic) into the distribution feeder via a
series insertion transformer shown in Fig.3.2. It is however to be mentioned that the rating of a DVR is not
unlimited.


Figure 3.2: DVR in Line to Protect Sensitive Load

3.2 DVR Structure
The DVR is made of solid-state dc to ac switching power converter (inverter), usually a voltage source
inverter (VSI) that injects a set of 3-phase ac output voltages in series and synchronism with the distribution
feeder voltages. The dc input terminal of the DVR is connected to energy source or an energy storage device of
appropriate capacity. The reactive power exchanged between the DVR and the distribution system is internally
generated by the DVR without ac passive reactive components. The real power exchanged at the DVR output ac
terminals is provided by the DVR input dc terminal by an external energy source or energy storage system.
DVR is shown in Fig.3.3.


Figure 3.3: Dynamic Voltage Restorer
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3.2.1 Voltage Source Converter
This could be a 3phase 3wire VSC or 3phase 4wire VSC. The latter permits the injection of zero-
sequence voltages. Either a conventional two level converter (Graetz bridge) or a three level converter is used.
This VSC is connected to the network through three single phase transformers.

3.2.2 Boost or Injection Transformers
Three single phase transformers are connected in series with the distribution feeder to couple the VSC
(at the lower voltage level) to the higher distribution voltage level. The three single phase transformers can be
connected with star/open star winding or delta/open star winding. The latter does not permit the injection of the
zero sequence voltage. The choice of the injection transformer winding depends on the connections of the step
down transformer that feeds the load. If a -Y connected transformer (as shown in Fig 3.3) is used, there is no
need to compensate the zero sequence voltages. However if Y-Y connection with neutral grounding is used, the
zero sequence voltage may have to be compensated.

3.2.3 Passive Filters
The passive filters can be placed either on the high voltage side or the converter side of the boost
transformers. The advantages of the converter side filters are
i. The components are rated at lower voltage
ii. Higher order harmonic currents (due to the VSC) do not flow through the transformer windings.
The disadvantages are that the filter inductor causes voltage drop and phase (angle) shift in the
(fundamental component of) voltage injected. This can affect the control scheme of DVR. The location of the
filter on the high voltage side overcomes the drawbacks (the leakage reactance of the transformer can be used as
a filter inductor), but results in higher ratings of the transformers as high frequency currents can flow through
the windings.
In the filter structure of Fig 3.4, a capacitor filter is connected across the line side of the transformer.
This prevents the switching frequency harmonics from entering into the system. Also the leakage reactance of
the transformer can be used to aid the filtering characteristic. The main drawback of this system is that the direct
connection of VSI to the transformer primary results in loss in the transformer. The high frequency flux
variation cause significant increase in transformer iron losses. To avoid this, a switch frequency LC filter is
placed across the inverter side of the transformer. The high voltage side of the transformer is directly connected
to the feeder.


Figure 3.4 DVR with Capacitive Filter

These will constraint the switching frequency harmonics to remain mainly in the primary side of the
transformer. Another advantage of inverter side filter is that it is on the low voltage side of the series
transformer and is closer to the harmonic sources. However the introduction of the filter inductor causes a
voltage drop and a phase angle shift in the inverter output voltage.

3.2.4 Energy Storage
This is required to provide active power to the load during deep voltage sags. Lead-acid batteries,
flywheel or SMES (super conducting magnetic energy storage systems) can be used for energy storage.
It is also possible to provide the required power on the DC side of the VSC by an auxiliary bridge
converter that is fed from an auxiliary AC supply.




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3.3 Voltage Injection Techniques

Figure 3.5 Block Diagram of Series Compensation

Fig.3.5 shows the general topology of DVR connected in series with the line. V
S
denotes the source
voltage, VL

denotes the load voltage and V
inj
denotes the series voltage injected by the DVR. Depending on the
reactive amplitude and phase of the injected, injection techniques are classified in three broad categories. Aim of
all these techniques is to maintain the load voltage magnitude at a nominal value of V
nom
. These techniques
posses various degrees of accuracy in terms of voltage magnitude and phase shift correction. Selection of the
appropriate technique in a given situation is primarily decided by the load.
i).Minimal Energy Injection Technique
ii).In Phase Compensation Technique
iii).Pre-sag Compensation Technique

IV. MODELING OF DVR
The compensation of voltage sag/swell can be limited by a number of factors, including finite DVR
power rating, loading conditions, power quality problems and types of sag/swell. If a DVR is a successful
device, the control is able to handle most sags/swells and the performance must be maximized according to the
equipment inserted. Otherwise, the DVR may not be able to avoid tripping and even cause additional
disturbances to the loads.

4.1 Mathematical Modeling for Voltage Injection by DVR System
Consider the schematic diagram shown in Figure 4.1
Z
th
= R
th
+ X
th
(4.1)
V
DVR
+ V
th
= V
L
+ Z
th
I
L
(4.2)
When dropped voltage happened at V
L
, DVR will inject a series voltage V
DVR
through the injection
transformer so that the desired load voltage magnitude V
L
can be maintained. Hence
V
DVR
= V
L
+ Z
th
I
L
V
th
(4.3)

*
|
|
.
|

\
| +
=
L
L L
L
V
jQ P
I (4.4)
When V
L
is considered as a reference, therefore;
( ) o u | o Z Z + Z = Z
th L th L DVR
V I Z V V
0
0

(4.5)
Here , and are the angle of V
DVR
, Z
th
and V
th
, respectively and is the load power factor angle with

|
|
.
|

\
|
=

L
L
P
Q
1
tan u
The power injection of the DVR can be written as
S
DVR
= V
DVR
I
L
*
(4.6)

Fig 4.1: Calculation for DVR Voltage Injection

4.2 Phase Locked Loop (PLL)
A PLL is a device which causes one signal to track another one. It keeps an output signal synchronizing
with a reference input signal in frequency as well as in phase. More, precisely the PLL is a servo system, which
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controls the phase of its output signal in such a way that the phase error between out phase and reference phase
reduce to a minimum.
The phase angle of the utility voltage is a critical piece of information for the operation of most
apparatuses such as controlled ac/dc converters, Static VAR compensators, cyclo-converters, active harmonic
filters and other energy storage system coupled with electric utility. This information may be used to
synchronize the turning on/off of power device, calculate and control the flow of active/ reactive power or
transform the feedback variable to reference frame suitable for control purposes. The angle information is
typically extracted using some form of phase locked loop (PLL). The quality of phase lock directly affects the
performance of the control loops in all the above applications. Voltage unbalance, frequency variation and phase
jumps are common disturbances faced by equipment interfaced with the electric utility. For application
purposes, frequency can vary from 47 Hz to 51 Hz. Any PLL used under such condition should not only be able
to phase lock as quickly as possible but also provide an output with low distortion.
4.2.1 Principle of Operation
As the phase information of a periodic input signal is not directly measurable, the phase angle () has
been estimated from measured instantaneous values of the input. Since phase angle () is related to the angular
frequency () as
= (4.7)
The plant equation is G(s) =
Which is shown in Fig 4.2


Figure 4.2: Plant Model

The objective here is to compute an accurate estimate ( ) of the actual phase () of the input
waveform. The accuracy of estimation is indicated by the estimation error (), defined as
= - (4.8)
To obtain a relation between the estimation error in terms measured variables, the SRF approach is adopted.
Let , , be a set of balanced, three phase voltage signals, defined as
= (4.9)
These are first transformed with respect to a stationary, Cartesian reference frame using the following
transformation.
= (4.10)

The transformed voltages are then referred to a rotating reference frame, which has same angular phase as the
estimator output, . This transformation is defined as
= (4.11)
Successively substituting (4.9) in (4.10) and the result of (4.10) in (4.11), the transformed quantities are
= V = (4.12)
Where,
=
V
2
3

As, for small values of (), Sin () () (4.13)
(4.2)is linearized as (4.14)
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An indication of the estimation error, (), is there by obtained from the q-axis equation of (4.13). This
offers immediate possibility to lock onto the utility phase by regulating to zero by a suitable controller H(s).
The estimation error is also made immune to magnitude variations of utility voltage. Fig.4.3 shows the
schematic of the control model of estimation loop and Fig.4.4 shows the schematic of simplified control model
of estimation loop.

Figure 4.3: Control Model of PLL System


Figure 4.4 Simplified Control Model of PLL System

4.4 Summary: This chapter has presents the modeling of the DVR and the principle of phase lock loop (PLL)
and its requirement in DVR system.

V. SIMULATION RESULTS
Simulation of the DVR is performed in MATLAB SIMULINK using the above control technique.
MATLAB SIMULINK is a very popular tool for mathematical computation and model based design and
SIMULINK Model is in generally pictorial representation of an application created using blocks provided by
MATLAB as well as third parties.
Minimal energy compensation technique, discussed in section 3.3.1, is adopted to control the rms value
of load voltage. Decoupled active power and reactive power control strategy is adopted to control the DVR
output voltage and DC bus voltage. In this control strategy, in d-q frame, d-axis reference voltage depends on
the DC bus voltage error and the q-axis voltage reference depends on the error in the rms value of load voltage.
So the voltage injection is in quadrature with the load current. Simulation is performed under two loaded
conditions, i.e balanced load and unbalanced load condition.

5.1 Balanced Voltage Sag
In order to understand the performance of the DVR along with control, a simple distribution network is
taken as shown in Figure 5.1.


Figure 5.1 Simple Distribution Systems Taken for Simulation

Voltage sags are simulated by temporary connection of balanced impedances at the supply side bus. A
DVR is connected to the system through a series transformer with a capability to insert a maximum voltage of
50% of the phase to- ground system voltage. Apart from this a series filter is also used to remove any high
frequency components of power. The load considered in the study is a 10 MVA capacity with 0.9 p.f., lagging.
The results are shown in the next section.
Symmetrical sag is simulated by connecting a three-phase reactance (inductance in series with
resistance) to the bus bar. The three-phase reactance is a balanced one.
The results are shown in Figure 5.2 (a), (b), (c) are the each phase voltages at point of common
connection (PCC). In this the 40 % sag is initiated at 200ms and it is kept until 400ms, with total voltage sag
duration 200ms.
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As a result of DVR, the load voltage is kept at nominal value throughout the simulation, including the
voltage sag period. Observe that during normal operation, the DVR is doing nothing. Fig 5.3 (a), (b), (c) show
the 3-phase series injected voltage by DVR, load voltage and source voltage at PCC.

Fig (a) 3-Phase voltage at PCC


Fig (b) 3-Phase injected voltage


Fig (c) 3-Phase voltage at load point
Figure5.2: Simulation result of DVR response to a balanced voltage sag.

5.2 Unbalanced Voltage Sag
Fig 5.3 shows simulation result of DVR response to unbalanced voltage sag. Here, the breaker is
connected at 200ms and opened at 400ms. In this almost the unbalanced voltage sag is corrected to the supply
voltage.

Fig (a) 3-phase voltage at PCC


Fig (b) 3-phase injected voltage of the DVR

Figure(c) 3-phase voltages at load point

Fig 5.3 Simulation result of DVR response to unbalanced voltage sag.
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VI. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE OF WORK
6.1 conclusion
The simulation of the DVR system for mitigation of balanced and unbalanced voltage sag is done in
Matlab Simulink and tested the performance for sag mitigation in series compensation technique. In shunt
compensation technique The Distribution static synchronous compensator(D-STATCOM) is also simulated and
extraction of the sequence components is performed for double phase and three phase faults.
From the simulations we can conclude that the series compensation technique is most reliable
compared to shunt compensation as shunt compensation requires more reactive power to be injected to the
system for the same sags. And the energy storage required is also more for shunt compensation.

6.2 Future Scope
- Three phase dynamic voltage restorer with auxiliary supply voltage has been used in the simulation study.
Instead of auxiliary voltage supply we can also use capacitor bank and study the results.
- In three phase system multi level inverters or a chain of single phase inverters for each phase may be used
in the DVR topology and such systems may be studied.
- The super conducting magnetic energy storage systems (SMES) may be used in the DVR structure in large
systems. Such systems may be studied.
- Filters may be needed to reduce the total harmonic distortion in the distribution system because of the
switching devices used in the DVR. Such filters may be active or passive types. Hybrid type filters may be
used to reduce costs. A comparative study of such filters may be carried out.
- PI controllers are used in the simulation study to control the PCC voltage. A major limitation of PI
controller is that, it does not guarantee the system stability under varying load conditions. Therefore, it may
be desirable to employ advanced control techniques based on Fuzzy, Neural logic and study the system
stability.
- Multilevel inverters and H-bridge inverters are used for reducing the harmonic injection. This may be a
fruitful extension.
- A study of employing D-STATCOM to comprehensively mitigate at the same time the effects of
harmonics, voltage sags/swells, and parasitic effects of switching disturbances and improve power factor
has become necessary due to ever increasing use of power electronic equipment.
- One can code the algorithms in the DSP processor and can see the performance of the devices for
compensating sag in hardware.

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BIOGRAPHY
Nagendrababu Vasa, II-M.Tech Power Electronics, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sri
Venkateswara Engineering College, Suryapet.


Sreekanth G, II-M.Tech Power Electronics, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sri Venkateswara
Engineering College, Suryapet.



Mr.N.Narender Reddy was born in 1984. He graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad in
the year 2006. He received M.Tech degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad,ear 2010. He is
presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sri Venkateswara
Engineering College,Suryapet India. His research area includes HVE and Drives.


Dr.A.Srujana has obtained his B. Tech degree from KITS, Warangal, in 1998 and M. Tech degree From J.N.T.U
,Hyderabad, India, in 2002.She Has obtained her Ph.D from J.N.T.U ,Hyderabad in 2011. She has 14 years of teaching
experience. Presently he is working as Professor & H.O.D E.E.E at Sri venkateswara engineering college,Suryapet.