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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1977
Laszlo Gyugyi, Penn Hills, PA (US);
Michael B Brennen, Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, PA (US);
Thomas H Putman, Penn Hills, PA (US);
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A voltage regulator is taught for maintaning the terminal voltage of a three phase transmission line at a fixed reference value. The voltage regulator system utilizes the inductive reactance of the transmission line in conjunction with reactive current from a VAR generator to compensate for the voltage effect of line current as it flows through the inductive reactance. The VAR generator is of the parallel capacitor-inductor type where the inductor is controlled by a thyristor switch. The firing range for the thyristor switch is determined by a fast acting static control system which utilizes line-to-line voltage and line-to-ground voltage as an input. A signal related to the latter voltages is processed and compared against a reference. The integrated difference thereof is utilized to determine the firing angle for the thyristor switch.