Compensation of Voltage Sags and Swells Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer Based on Bi-Directional H-Bridge AC/AC Converter

In this paper, the compensation of voltage sags and swells using a dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) based on a bi-directional AC/AC converter is presented for stabilizing single-phase AC line voltage. The H-bridge AC/AC converter with bi-directional switches and without bulk capacitor is adopted as the power topology of the proposed system. The proposed novel topology of DVR is adopted to compensate both voltage sag and swell conditions. Additionally, the power factor is closed to unity because a bulk capacitor is not required. The inner and outer loop control is proposed to improve the response with gain scaling; gain control is adopted to reduce the overshoot. Finally, a 2 kVA prototype has been implemented to verify the performance and accuracy of the control method for the DVR system. The peak efficiency of the system is up to 94%, and it can compensate 50% voltage swells and 25% voltage sags.

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This paper presents a compensation method for voltage sags and swells using a dynamic voltage restorer based on a bi-directional AC/AC converter, which achieves power factor close to unity. The proposed system adopts an H-bridge AC/AC converter with bi-directional switches, improving response and reducing overshoot. A 2 kVA prototype has demonstrated peak efficiency of 94% and the ability to compensate 50% voltage swells and 25% voltage sags.