Because of the broad application of multilevel converters in the high-power area,a cascaded multilevel voltage-source inverter with phase-shifted SPWM(PS-SPWM)switching scheme is proposed as a static syn-chronous comp...Because of the broad application of multilevel converters in the high-power area,a cascaded multilevel voltage-source inverter with phase-shifted SPWM(PS-SPWM)switching scheme is proposed as a static syn-chronous compensator(STATCOM).This can eliminate the bulky and weighty transformers and reduce power loss.In addition,the equivalent carrier frequency can be doubled and the output harmonics will be reduced compared with the STATCOM being put into operation.The operating principle and control methods are analyzed in detail and the feasibility is validated by simulation with MATLAB.展开更多
文摘Because of the broad application of multilevel converters in the high-power area,a cascaded multilevel voltage-source inverter with phase-shifted SPWM(PS-SPWM)switching scheme is proposed as a static syn-chronous compensator(STATCOM).This can eliminate the bulky and weighty transformers and reduce power loss.In addition,the equivalent carrier frequency can be doubled and the output harmonics will be reduced compared with the STATCOM being put into operation.The operating principle and control methods are analyzed in detail and the feasibility is validated by simulation with MATLAB.