Method for independent real and reactive power flow control using locally available parameters

1. A method for independent real and reactive power flow control without sensing voltages in a power flow controller (PFC) provided between a first terminal and a second terminal of a transmission line, said method comprising the steps of:

connecting a first cascaded multilevel inverter (CMI) for the PFC between the second terminal and a reference potential and a second CMI for the PFC in series between the first terminal and the second terminal;

calculating a first reference phase angle based on a difference between a reference active power and a sensed active power being delivered from the second terminal to a receiving end;

calculating a first reference voltage based on a difference between a reference reactive power and a sensed reactive power being delivered from the second terminal to the receiving end;

modifying the first reference phase angle calculated using a first phasor modifier in order to provide for a power loss encountered due to operation of the first CMI and the second CMI;

calculating a first reference current for the first terminal based on a difference between the reference active power and the sensed active power being delivered from the first terminal;

calculating a second reference phase angle for current through the first terminal in order to ensure that an average active power and an average reactive power into and out of the first CMI and the second CMI is zero;

calculating a second reference voltage across the second CMI by subtracting voltages at the first terminal and the second terminal; and

controlling the first CMI using the calculated first reference voltage and controlling the second CMI using the calculated second reference voltage for controlling the power flow through the PFC.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 including the step of providing a first reference phase angle calculator and calculating the first reference phase angle with the first reference phase angle calculator.

3. The method as set forth in claim 2 including the step of providing a second reference phase angle calculator and calculating the second reference phase angle with the second reference phase angle calculator.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1 including the step of providing a first sensed power calculator and calculating a first sensed power with the first sensed power calculator.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4 including the step of providing a second sensed power calculator and calculating a second sensed power with the second sensed power calculator.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1 including the step of providing a first reference voltage calculator and calculating a first reference voltage with the first reference voltage calculator.

7. The method as set forth in claim 6 including the step of providing a second reference voltage calculator and calculating a second reference voltage with the second reference voltage calculator.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1 including the steps of providing a first feed forward calculator and calculating a first steady state voltage reference with the first feed forward calculator.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8 including the steps of providing a second feed forward calculator and calculating a second steady state voltage reference with the second feed forward calculator.

10. The method as set forth in claim 1 including the steps of providing a synchronization module and synchronizing individual gate signals with a reference signal with the synchronization module.

11. The method as set forth in claim 10 including the steps of providing a gate signal generation module and generating gate pulses from the gate signals with the gate signal generation module.

12. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the PFC is a unified transformer-less power flow controller.

13. A method for independent real and reactive power flow control without sensing voltages in a unified transformer-less power flow controller (PFC) provided between a first terminal and a second terminal of a transmission line, said method comprising the steps of:

connecting a first cascaded multilevel inverter (CMI) for the PFC between the second terminal and a reference potential and a second CMI for the PFC in series between the first terminal and the second terminal;

calculating a first reference phase angle based on a difference between a reference active power and a sensed active power being delivered from the second terminal to a receiving end;

calculating a first reference voltage based on a difference between a reference reactive power and a sensed reactive power being delivered from the second terminal to the receiving end;

modifying the first reference phase angle calculated using a first phasor modifier in order to provide for a power loss encountered due to operation of the first CMI and the second CMI;

calculating a first reference current for the first terminal based on a difference between the reference active power and the sensed active power being delivered from the first terminal;

calculating a second reference phase angle for current through the first terminal in order to ensure that an average active power and an average reactive power into and out of the first CMI and the second CMI is zero;

calculating a second reference voltage across the second CMI by subtracting voltages at the first terminal and the second terminal;

providing a gate signal generation module and generating gate pulses from gate signals with the gate signal generation module;

providing a synchronization module and synchronizing individual gate signals with a reference signal with the synchronization module; and

controlling the first CMI using the calculated first reference voltage and controlling the second CMI using the calculated second reference voltage for controlling the power flow through the PFC.

14. The method as set forth in claim 13 including the step of providing a first reference phase angle calculator and calculating the first reference phase angle with the first reference phase angle calculator.

15. The method as set forth in claim 14 including the step of providing a second reference phase angle calculator and calculating the second reference phase angle with the second reference phase angle calculator.

16. The method as set forth in claim 13 including the step of providing a first sensed power calculator and calculating a first sensed power with the first sensed power calculator.

17. The method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of providing a second sensed power calculator and calculating a second sensed power with the second sensed power calculator.

18. The method as set forth in claim 13 including the step of providing a first reference voltage calculator and calculating the first reference voltage with the first reference voltage calculator.

19. The method as set forth in claim 18 including the step of providing a second reference voltage calculator and calculating the second reference voltage with the second reference voltage calculator.

20. The method as set forth in claim 13 including the steps of providing a first feed forward calculator and calculating a first steady state voltage reference with the first feed forward calculator.

21. The method as set forth in claim 20 including the steps of providing a second feed forward calculator and calculating a second steady state voltage reference with the second feed forward calculator.