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Thyristor-controlled series capacitor triggering system

US5804949A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 1995
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E40/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A trigger control system for a thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC) is disclosed. In one application, a power system 10 is coupled to a load 12 by a series capacitor 14 connected in parallel to a thyristor unit 16 and inductor 17. The thyristors are triggered by the control system 18, which includes a first circuit 20 that generates signals proportional to the peak of the line currents, a stabilizer circuit 22, an adder 24, a look-up table 26, a conversion circuit 28, a pulse generator 30, a phase-locked loop (PLL) 32, a ramp generator 34, a trigger window circuit 36, and a three input AND gate 38 the output of which is a grid pulse signal 40 that triggers the thyristor unit 16. The control system diminishes power swing oscillations and subsynchronous resonance oscillations.

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