Improvement Of Power Quality In Hvdc Transmission Systems With Auxiliary Converters

J. B  Parizzi; F. A Farret; A. B. Serdotte

doi:10.18618/REP.2007.3.181188

Authors

J. B Parizzi Centro de Estudos em Energia e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria – RS – Brasil
F. A Farret Centro de Estudos em Energia e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria – RS – Brasil
A. B. Serdotte Centro de Estudos em Energia e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria – RS – Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2007.3.181188

Keywords:

auxiliary converter, energy re-cycling, harmonic filters, harmonic minimization, high power converters, HVDC transmission

Abstract

This paper intends to discuss some practical results of the reverse-use of the harmonic distortion energy from idle periods in conventional HVDC converters. It is shown that this energy can be used to reduce the total harmonic distortion, and so, the costs of harmonic filters, and to increase the power and utilization factors. The technique is based on the diversion of harmonic currents from a conventional HVDC converter to make it go through an auxiliary power converter with special features.

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Author Biographies

J. B Parizzi, Centro de Estudos em Energia e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria – RS – Brasil

received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria in 2003. He is Ph.D. student of the Post-Graduation Program in Electrical Engineering of the Federal University of Santa Maria. He was instructor at the Industrial Technique School of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, committed to under graduation studies in 2005. In more recent years, has been working in any projects about renewable sources of energy coordinated by Dr Farret; low power PEM fuel cell application, injection of electrical power into the grid, HVDC transmission energy quality, ac-ac and ac-dc-ac links and hydrogen generation is currently his major interest.

F. A Farret, Centro de Estudos em Energia e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria – RS – Brasil

received his B.E. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria in 1972 and 1986, respectively; specialist in instrumentation and automation by the Osaka Prefectural Industrial Research Institute, Japan; M.Sc. by the University of Manchester, UK in 1981 and Ph.D. from the University of London, UK, in 1984 all in Electrical Engineering. He was operation and maintenance engineer for the State Company of Electrical Energy (CEEE) in the RGS state 1973-1974, Brazil. He has been working in an interdisciplinary educational background related to power systems, power electronics, nonlinear controls and integration of renewable energies. He teaches at the Department of Electronics and Computation of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, committed to under-graduated and graduated activities and in research developments, since 1974. He was a visiting professor at Colorado School of Mines, Engineering Division, USA 2002-2003. He has published his first book in Portuguese Language titled Use of Small Sources of Electrical

A. B. Serdotte, Centro de Estudos em Energia e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria – RS – Brasil

is currently graduate student of the Electrical Engineering Course in the Federal University of Santa Maria and engaged in projects of alternative sources of energy.

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