Control of a 1.5 MW active power filter and regeneration converter for a Spoornet DC traction substation

dc.contributor.advisorDu Toit Mouton, H.
dc.contributor.advisorLe Roux, A. D.
dc.contributor.authorHenning, Pieter Hendriken_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-21T06:52:03Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:46:25Z
dc.date.available2006-11-21T06:52:03Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:46:25Z
dc.date.issued2005-03en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
dc.description.abstractAlthough regenerative braking has been in used in railway systems for a long time already, the energy generated was dissipated in resistor banks. The rapid advances in the power electronics field, accompanied by the development of faster and higher power switching devices in recent years, now make it possible to convert the regenerated electrical energy from DC to AC, which can then be injected into the Eskom grid. A 1.5 MW full scale prototype system was built, installed and tested in a Spoornet DC traction substation. A seven level series-stacked converter topology was used along with a specially designed injection transformer. The system was controlled by the PEC 33 controller board, which was developed at the University of Stellenbosch. The primary function of the system is to function as a regeneration converter and as a secondary function act as an active power filter.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2340
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectElectric current convertersen_ZA
dc.subjectElectric power transmissionen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Electrical engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectTheses -- Electrical engineeringen_ZA
dc.subject.otherElectrical and Electronic Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleControl of a 1.5 MW active power filter and regeneration converter for a Spoornet DC traction substationen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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