Power quality solutions for light rail public transportation systems fed by medium voltage underground cables

Terciyanli A., Acik A., Cetin A., ERMİŞ M., Cadirci I., Ermis C., ...Daha Fazla

2010 2nd IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010, Atlanta, GA, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 12 - 16 Eylül 2010, ss.1191-1203 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/ecce.2010.5617831
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Atlanta, GA
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1191-1203
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Active filters, Current source converter, Harmonic distortion, Harmonics, Power quality
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, the combination of a Thyristor Switched shunt Reactor (TSR) and a Current Source Converter (CSC) based Active Power Filter (APF) has been proposed for mitigation of power quality problems of Light Rail public Transportation Systems (LRTS) fed by long medium voltage underground cables. A case study has been carried out on a typical LRTS to assess the performance of the proposed solution for both capacitive reactive power compensation of underground cables and harmonic filtering of 12-pulse catenary rectifiers. It has been shown by extensive field tests carried out that this solution meets the requirements satisfactorily, thus constituting a complete solution to the power quality problems of LRTS. Conventional power quality solutions have also been assessed, and the corresponding theoretical results are given in comparison with the proposed system. © 2010 IEEE.