Modeling and Simulation of Power Electronic Distribution Transformer Based on a Three Level Converter

Abstract:

In this paper, a new type of power electronic distribution transformer (PET) has been introduced based on the power electronics converter on the primary and secondary sides of the transformer. This PET has three stages and the input stage has a three-level, three-phase rectifier. The middle stage has two three-level single-phase converters and a high-frequency transformer; and, the output stage is a three-phase, two-level inverter. This power electronic distribution transformer provides many advantages, such as power factor improvement, reactive power compensation, eliminating harmonics, and controlling and protecting itself (PET) with minimum size, compared to the traditional transformer. The MATLAB/Simulink was used to analyze and validate the power electronic distribution transformer.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 785)
• Pages: 151-155
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.785.151
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: K.Y. Ahmed*, N.Z. Yahaya, V.S. Asirvadam, Oladimeji Ibrahim
• Keywords: High Frequency Transformer, Power Electronic Converter, Power Electronic Transformer, Power Quality

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