TY  - JOUR
T1  - Improving Power Quality of Distribution Grids Using Multilevel
Converter-Based Unified Power Quality Conditioner
AU - Farhadi, Masoud AU - Ghavidel, Pedram AU - Rahimi, Ramin AU - Hosseini, Seyed Hossein 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
SP  - 772
EP  - 777
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2016.772.777
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2016.772.777
KW  - Power quality
KW  -distribution grid
KW  -multilevel converter
KW  -UPQC
KW  -SPWM
AB  - Power Quality (PQ) is one of the major concerns in the power grids. Where various devices such as Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) have been designed and used to control PQ although, these devices have satisfactory performance and they have some problems such as installation restriction and high cost. This study, proposes a multilevel converter-based Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC) to solve the power quality disturbances. Impact of proposed UPQC on the power quality parameters is discussed in the IEEE 14-bus system. In order to verify the results, PSCAD/EMTDC Software is used to simulate the system.
ER  -