Dynamic Voltage Restorer-A comprehensive review

Power quality problems such as voltage sag, voltage swell, voltage transients, voltage interruptions, and harmonics are becoming significant issues throughout the world. It has been seen that power quality problems resulted in the loss of more than 22 billion dollars in one year in industries of US and more than 500 consumers received a loss in the shape of damage or failure of equipments in 1991. A commonly occurring power quality problem in the electrical power distribution network is voltage sag which makes the sensitive loads of the network at risk. Static Synchronous Compensators, Distribution Series Capacitors and Power Factor Corrector, Static VAR Compensator, Uninterruptable Power Supply, and Solid-state Transfer Switches were used for stabilization but we are facing problems such as difficult maintenance, high cost of services and require large space. So valuable solution to mitigate the problem of voltage sag is the DVR. It is a series DVR. DVR is the series connected device which added the voltage to the load when needed. The most important component of a DVR is the Voltage Source Inverter; through this, we can provide the needful controllable voltage for compensation but it required energy storage device which results in high cost. The Matrix Converter has better performance as compared to other inverters due to direct conversion from AC to AC voltage and there is no need of energy storage unit which results in reduced cost and operational complexity. The control circuit is very essential for DVR; it retains a constant voltage and its magnitude at the load point. DVR is nonlinear device due to presence of converter circuit, so for satisfactory performance of DVR, nonlinear controller is essential. In this review paper, different topologies of DVR are discussed and performances of a DVR is analyzed under open loop system and also control strategy of PID controller through MATLAB simulation software. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Automated summary

Power quality issues such as voltage sag, voltage swell, voltage transients, voltage interruptions, and harmonics have global impact on industries. Solutions like DVR and Matrix Converter are effective in addressing voltage sag, with the latter offering better performance by directly converting AC to AC voltage without the need for energy storage, reducing costs and complexity. Control circuits are crucial for maintaining constant voltage at load points, with nonlinear controllers essential for satisfactory DVR performance.