Research Article
STATCOM Evaluation in Electrified Railway Using V/V and Scott Power Transformers
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-45694-8_2, author={Luis Barros and Mohamed Tanta and Ant\^{o}nio Martins and Jo\"{a}o Afonso and J. Pinto}, title={STATCOM Evaluation in Electrified Railway Using V/V and Scott Power Transformers}, proceedings={Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities. First EAI International Conference, SESC 2019, Braga, Portugal, December 4--6, 2019, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={SESC}, year={2020}, month={6}, keywords={Scott power transformer STATCOM V/V power transformer}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-45694-8_2} }- Luis Barros
Mohamed Tanta
António Martins
João Afonso
J. Pinto
Year: 2020
STATCOM Evaluation in Electrified Railway Using V/V and Scott Power Transformers
SESC
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45694-8_2
Abstract
Rail transport has always been one of the greatest economic boosters of several world nations, allowing the freight and passenger transport. In addition, it is the most secure and economic land transportation mode. From the energetic perspective, the electric locomotives emerge as one of the most efficient land transportation mode, as well as allow a more sustainable development. However, when an electric locomotive is connected to the three-phase power grid, power quality (PQ) deterioration arise, leading to the distortion and unbalance of the three-phase power grid currents and voltages which imply higher operational costs, raising economic and functional issues. In order to overcome the PQ deterioration phenomena, several solutions based power electronics technology have been studied and developed. These solutions vary in terms of control, functionality, implementation costs and complexity. One of the existing solutions is a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), which compensates the three-phase currents imbalance and harmonics.
