Active Voltage Control (AVC) for Reducing Three-phase Voltage Fluctuations

Pham Thi Giang; Nguyen Hoang  Duy; Vo Thanh  Ha

doi:10.6180/jase.202402_27(2).0008

Active Voltage Control (AVC) for Reducing Three-phase Voltage Fluctuations

Pham Thi Giang¹ , Nguyen Hoang Duy² , and Vo Thanh Ha³This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

¹Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Economics-Technology for Industries Hanoi, Vietnam

²Faculty of Electrical and Electrical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology

³Faculty of Electrical and Electrical Engineering, University of Transport and Communications, Hanoi, Vietnam

Received: July 7, 2022
Accepted: December 12, 2023
Publication Date: June 30, 2023

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The paper presents an active voltage compensator (AVC) to prevent voltage fluctuations on the load in both voltage’s rise and fall directions. This AVC is designed based on modeling a three-phase four-branch inverter according to the large-signal average model and the small-signal model—calculation and design of d-q channel controller and 0 channel controller by the frequency-domain method. This AVC significantly reduces production interruptions while protecting equipment life reduction. The theory results are proven through MATLAB/Simulink simulation.

Keywords: UPS; AVC; Sag Fighter; Active filtering

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