abstract

• This paper discusses a Back-to-Back (BTB) power converter based solution to avoid the overloaded operation of two low voltage feeders operating in parallel. With this purpose the BTB converter based on eight conditions of operation is proposed as means to exchange load between feeders to prevent overload conditions and balance the load on power transformers. The law of control of the BTB controller is designed in the dq frame of reference and linear theory is employed for tuning. The proposed BTB controller is implemented into test system composed by two 50kVA transformers supplying several loads. Through simulations, the capability of the BTB converter to share load between the interconnected systems is evaluated. Results indicate that the BTB converter is an autonomous and viable alternative to increase/decrease the loading of the lines and to improve the stability limits of the system. For the study, a 30kVA BTB converter is used. © 2011 IEEE.

authors

• Alcalá J.
• Betancourt R.J.
• Cárdenas Galindo Víctor Manuel
• Pérez-Ramírez J.

publication date

• 2011-01-01

published in

• CCE 2011 - 2011 8th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control, Program and Abstract Book  Proceedings

keywords

• BTB converter; Power balancing; power transformers BTB converter; Dq-frame; Linear theory; Low voltages; Low-voltage distributions; Overload condition; Power balancing; Stability limit; Test systems; Automation; Control; Controllers; Electric transformer testing; Electrical engineering; Feeding; Power converters; Process control; Voltage distribution measurement; Power transformers

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/ICEEE.2011.6106591

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