Applying PWM to control overcurrents at unbalanced faults of forced-commutated VSCs used as static VAr compensators

This study is devoted to investigating the possibility of controlling the overcurrent of a forced-commutated voltage source converter (VSC) by PWM when the AC system is undergoing large unbalanced disturbance. The converter is supposed to be used as a static VAr compensator at a high power level. A novel control strategy is proposed for controlling the reactive current and the DC side voltage independently. Digital simulation results are presented and compared with the results by using just the reactive current control with fundamental switching frequency.