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3. FUNDAMENTALS <strong>OF</strong> DVR Mustafa İNCİ<br />

phase itself further worsens the severity of the sag. Additionally, these schemes<br />

cannot provide phase correction, as sags are generally accompanied by phase jumps<br />

(Subramanian et al., 2010).<br />

3.2.3. Energy Storage<br />

Energy storage is required to provide real power to the load when large<br />

voltage sags take place. Examples of energy storage are lead-acid batteries, flywheel,<br />

superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES), etc. For SMES, batteries and<br />

capacitors, which are dc devices, solid-state inverters are used in the power<br />

conversion system to accept and deliver power. For flywheels, which have rotating<br />

components, ac-to-ac conversion is performed. The energy storage devices used for<br />

this study are lead-acid batteries. Batteries provide rapid response for either charge or<br />

discharge, but the discharge rate is limited by chemical reaction rates so that the<br />

available energy depends on the discharge rate. Generally, the DVR has several<br />

operating states (Zhan et al., 2001).<br />

1) When a voltage sag/swell occurs on the line, the DVR responds by<br />

injecting three single-phase voltages in synchronism with the network voltages. Each<br />

phase of the injected voltages can be controlled independently or together in<br />

magnitude and phase. The DVR draws active power from batteries and supplies this<br />

together with reactive power to the load (Zhan et al., 2001).<br />

2) When the voltage supply is operating under normal conditions, the DVR<br />

operates in a standby mode if the battery is fully charged; or the DVR operates in the<br />

self-charging control mode if the batteries need to be recharged (Zhan et al., 2001).<br />

3) In the event of a fault or short circuit downstream, the DVR (specifically,<br />

the VSI) must be protected against overcurrent flowing through the power<br />

semiconductor switches. The rating of the DVR inverters is the limiting factor for<br />

normal load current seen in the primary windings and reflected in the secondary<br />

windings of the series insertion transformer. For line currents exceeding the inverter<br />

rating, a bypass scheme is incorporated to protect the power electronics (Zhan et al.,<br />

2001).<br />

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