Investigation of the Performance of Modified Reduced Switch UPQC with Multiple Control Strategies

Abstract

Power electronic converters related equipment like switched-mode power supplies, varying frequency devices, computers, battery chargers, and electronic ballasts create dominant harmonics in the system. The harmonics will distort voltage and current waveforms, which in turn creates overheating and nuisance tripping of the equipment. These are the reasons for the increasing interest in Power Quality (PQ) issues newline