A Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear STATCOM Control for Power Quality Enhancement

Atousa Yazdani
Mariesa Crow, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Jianjun Guo

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Abstract

This paper introduces a multilevel STATCOM for electric arc furnace power quality enhancement. An eleven level cascaded multilevel converter is used to alleviate the impacts of an unbalanced arc furnace load. The STATCOM provides a power electronic-based means of embedded control for reactive power support.