Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronics and Sustainable Communication Systems (ICESC 2020)
IEEE Xplore Part Number: CFP20V66-ART; ISBN: 978-1-7281-4108-4
Voltage Sag Mitigation by Using Photovoltaic based
Dynamic Voltage Restorer in Barak Valley Power
System
Jagannath Patra
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, India
email:jagannath.iitdhanbad@gmail.co m
Ashiwani Yadav, M ember, IEEE
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, India
email:ashiwaniurgent@gmail.co m
Abstract— In the distribution and sub-transmission
system, the main power quality challenge is voltage sag. To
counteract it, diverse solutions have been searched to
compensate it so that financial losses in the industries can
be minimized. To avoid such type of negative impact in
sensitive loads where commercial factories are connected,
dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) have been used. The DVR
works in a series reactive power compensation principle
and is located in series with the load bus and retains the
capability to produce counter action quickly in opposition
to the voltage sag. This paper explained series reactive
power injection using photovoltaic (PV) based DVR. The
recommended approach is to develop an analytical aspect
which is tested in a real-time Barrak Valley sub-
transmission/distribution power system to validate this
approach. Some percentage of voltage sag can be
exterminated by supplying reactive power. The proposed
scheme of DVR incorporates a PV system connected to the
DC-DC-AC converter.
Keywords— Power Quality; Voltage Sag; Dynamic
Voltage Restorer; Voltage Sag mitigation
I. INT RODUCT ION
Power quality (PQ) is a substantial key factor for the growth
and advancement in the industry. Low quality of power is
sensed as a result of the diverse PQ issues. These issues are
sag, interruption, swell, harmonics, etc. [1-3]. Concerning the
current research, it is concluded that the sag is a general
disturbance in the electrical power system. Voltage sag is a
momentary reduction of voltage magnitude for a small
duration of time. The voltage is measured in terms of root
mean square (RMS) value that lies between 0.1 and 0.9 p. u
during sag. And the duration varies from 0.5 seconds to 1
minute at a given operating frequency [4-6]. Sag introduces
the dysfunction of electrical-electronics loads that are sensitive
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Nitai Pal, Senior Member, IEEE
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, India
email: nitai@iitism.ac.in
Aprajita Kumari
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, India
email:aprajita.iitdhn@gmail.co m
to the voltage change in the industries, medicals, commercial
buildings, etc. and leads to severe process in terruption,
resulting in substantial economic and data losses [7], [8]. Sag
is illustrated by the magnitude, phase angle jump, and
duration. The requirement of better PQ has motivated the
users to set up a power acquirement device for the
minimization of sag. In some literature, some topologies such
as DC-DC, AC/AC, and AC-DC-AC are explained to oppose
the swell and sag PQ issues [8], [9]. Conversely, there is a
specific constraint in their ability in opposition to an
asymmetrical type sags . Consequently, different types of
devices namely flywheel, DVR, distribution static
compensator (D-STATCOM), etc. are used to counteract sags
issues. [9], [10].
In the presented research, the application of series reactive
power injection is focused. The proposed technique is based on
PV connected DC-DC-AC converter topology type DVR. And
the` methodology is tested in a practical Barak Valley power
system, Assam. It is a real-time Indian Distribution/sub-
transmission system.
II. REACT IVE POWER SERIES COMPENSAT ION SCHEME
The series compensator comprises a converter in series with
the supply voltage, as shown in Fig. 1. The phasor sum of
voltage at the load terminals is the sum of the injected voltage
by the compensator and the supply voltage. A tap changing
transformer is employed to connect the output of the converter
to the system. A capacitor is located on de side of the
converter. The voltage across the capacitor is retained
constant, by switching energy with the energy storage. The
requisite output voltage is achieved with the help of a pulse-
width-modulation technique. The controller supplies both
active and reactive power, and the energy storage unit is
incorporated for storing purposes. A Dynamic Voltage
Restorer (DVR) is incorporated in this study. [11].
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