STATCOM Evaluation in Electrified Railway Using V/V and Scott Power Transformers

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019-12-04

Authors

Luís Barros (Author) Other; Mohamed Tanta (Author) Other; António P. Martins (Author) FEUP; João L. Afonso (Author) Other; J. Gabriel Pinto (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST

Pages: 18-32

1st EAI International Conference on Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities, SESC 2019

4 December 2019 through 6 December 2019

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ISI Web of Science

Scopus

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Electrical engineering

Other information

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45694-8_2

Abstract (EN): Rail transport has always been one of the greatest economic boosters of several world nations, allowing the freight and passenger transport. In addition, it is the most secure and economic land transportation mode. From the energetic perspective, the electric locomotives emerge as one of the most efficient land transportation mode, as well as allow a more sustainable development. However, when an electric locomotive is connected to the three-phase power grid, power quality (PQ) deterioration arise, leading to the distortion and unbalance of the three-phase power grid currents and voltages which imply higher operational costs, raising economic and functional issues. In order to overcome the PQ deterioration phenomena, several solutions based power electronics technology have been studied and developed. These solutions vary in terms of control, functionality, implementation costs and complexity. One of the existing solutions is a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), which compensates the three-phase currents imbalance and harmonics. In this paper, a comprehensive review of the electrified railway systems is carried out, identifying the electric PQ phenomena which may appear due to the non-linear dynamic traction loads. Following this topic, a computational simulation of the STATCOM is presented, making analysis of its behavior regarding the PQ improvement in electrified railway systems. Two case studies are presented: (i) a traction power system fed with V/V power transformer; (ii) a traction power system fed with Scott power transformer. © 2020, ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12