Harmonic Modeling of Voltage Source Converters using Basic Numerical Methods

Preface

The purpose of this book is threefold. One is to help students to see how some of the basic numerical analysis methods can be applied for harmonic analysis and modeling of power converter systems. Electrical engineering students usually do not have an undergraduate course specifically devoted to numerical techniques. Thus, some of them may have difficulty in seeing that some seemingly hard problems can be easily solved by some simple numerical techniques. This book covers some basic numerical techniques and shows how they can be effectively used for power system analysis and modeling.

The second purpose is that the deployment of voltage source converters (VSCs) has been gradually increased over the past decade due to their greater controllability and versatility, compared to other counterparts in power conversion, conditioning, compensation, and active filtering. The harmonics generated by the VSCs and what adverse effects they may have on the power system need to be fully studied. Nevertheless, a book that specifically addresses harmonic modeling of a VSC with various topologies is currently lacking. This book is to fill in this gap in the research of harmonic modeling.

The third objective is to unite the time‐domain and frequency‐domain modeling approaches for harmonic modeling. Frequency domain modeling of power electronic converter has been well covered in books such as Power System Harmonic Analysis by J. Arrillaga, B. C. Smith, N. R. Watson, and A. R. Wood and ...