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New Strategy for Unbalance Compensation Based on PWM AC-Chopper for Railway Applications

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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems (ICEERE 2022)

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This paper focuses on the problem of voltage unbalance for single-phase railway substations using the AC-chopper controlled impedance concept (CCI). This topology is based on the use of an active Steinmetz circuit. The sizing and control method of the compensator has been studied based on real data provided by the Moroccan railway office (ONCF). A comparison was realized between the CCI compensator, voltage source inverter-based STATCOM VSI, and current source inverter-based STATCOM CSI in terms of power losses in the semiconductors. The three topologies have been implemented in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. The obtained results prove the efficiency of the CCI topology compared to the VSI and CSI compensators.

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  1. Renewable Energy, Embedded System and Data Processing Laboratory, National School of Applied Sciences, Mohamed First University, Oujda, Morocco

    Mir Ismail, Benslimane Anas, Ayat Yassine & Yandouzi Mimoun

  2. Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Maintenance, Higher School of Technology, University Mohammed I Oujda, Oujda, Morocco

    Bouchnaif Jamal & Lahfaoui Badreddine

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  1. National School of Applied Sciences, Mohamed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco

    Hajji Bekkay

  2. Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Jijel University, Jijel, Algeria

    Adel Mellit

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Antonio Gagliano

  4. University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

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  5. National School of Applied Sciences, Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco

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Ismail, M., Anas, B., Jamal, B., Badreddine, L., Yassine, A., Mimoun, Y. (2023). New Strategy for Unbalance Compensation Based on PWM AC-Chopper for Railway Applications. In: Bekkay, H., Mellit, A., Gagliano, A., Rabhi, A., Amine Koulali, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems. ICEERE 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 954. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6223-3_53

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