15 kVA Three-Phase Low-Voltage SOP Prototype Laboratory Tests Results

Thomas Pidancier, Mokhtar Bozorg, Dominique Roggo, Patrick Favre-Perrod and Mauro Carpita
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Thomas Pidancier: HES-SO—University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, route de Cheseaux 1, CH-1401 Yverdon-les-Bains, CH, Switzerland
Mokhtar Bozorg: HES-SO—University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, route de Cheseaux 1, CH-1401 Yverdon-les-Bains, CH, Switzerland
Dominique Roggo: HES-SO—University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Rue du Rawil 47, CH-1950 Sion 2, CH, Switzerland
Patrick Favre-Perrod: HES-SO—University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Bd. de Pérolles 80, CH-1700 Fribourg, CH, Switzerland
Mauro Carpita: HES-SO—University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, route de Cheseaux 1, CH-1401 Yverdon-les-Bains, CH, Switzerland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-18

Abstract: In this paper, a 15 kVA soft open point converter is presented. The converter design and manufacturing have been presented in previous papers. The aim of this paper was to show the results of the devices in a full-scale laboratory environment, Gridlab, made of four distribution LV feeders, each rated 40 A. The tests demonstrated the good dynamics of the SOP control and its usefulness in performing a suitable PQ control. They also showed an improvement in the voltage profile and in the load capacity of the overall network. In the final part of the paper, the feedback earned during the development and the test of this first prototype are presented. This feedback will benefit the team for the design of a new improved 50 kVA version.

Keywords: soft open point; three-phase inverter; inverter dynamics; voltage support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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