Abstract:
A system and a method for compensating harmonic components or a reactive power of an electrical network. The system comprises a measurement unit (1) configured to measure an electrical quantity to be compensated, a control unit (2) configured to determine harmonics contents or a reactive power need of the measured electrical quantity to be compensated as well as to determine, as relative values, desired values corresponding with the harmonics to be compensated or the reactive power to be compensated, one or more compensation units (5, 6) configured, responsive to the desired values provided by the control unit (2), to generate harmonic components or a reactive current according to the desired values given as relative values, and a communications connection (3) configured to communicate the desired values determined by the control unit (2) to the compensation units (5, 6).
Abstract:
A method of determining a rotational state of a three-phase alternating voltage supply which is connected to a converter and rotating in an uncontrolled manner, wherein the converter is connected to an intermediate voltage circuit and comprises phase-specific upper and lower controllable switches, which are connected in series between the intermediate voltage circuit, free-wheeling diodes connected in parallel with each of the controllable switches, and resistive circuits connected in parallel with the lower controllable switches. The method comprises the steps of selecting a voltage limit, comparing the voltages of the alternating voltage supply in the resistive circuits with the voltage limit, determining a first time instant when any of the voltages of the resistive circuits crosses the voltage limit, determining a second time instant when any of the voltages of the resistive circuits subsequently crosses the voltage limit, determining the phase sequence of the converter output phases from the phases that crossed the voltage limit at the first and second time instants, determining the frequency of the alternating voltage source from the determined time instants, the method being applicable when the voltage of the intermediate circuit is equal to or higher than the voltage of the alternating voltage source.
Abstract:
A switching branch for a three-level rectifier and a method for controlling a switching branch for a three-level rectifier are provided. The switching branch includes a first diode and a second diode connected in series, a third diode and a fourth diode connected in series, a first controllable switch connected between a neutral DC output pole and a connection point between the first and the second diode, and a second controllable switch connected between the neutral DC output pole and a connection point between the third and the fourth diode. The switching branch includes means for controlling the first controllable switch to be in a conductive state during a reverse blocking state of the first diode and the second diode, and means for controlling the second controllable switch to be in a conductive state during a reverse blocking state of the third diode and the fourth diode.