Rodriguez, EzequielLeyva, RamonLiu, QingxiangTownsend, ChristopherFarivar, GlenCeballos, SalvadorPou, Josep2024-07-242024-07-242021-09Rodriguez , E , Leyva , R , Liu , Q , Townsend , C , Farivar , G , Ceballos , S & Pou , J 2021 , ' Enhancing Inductive Operation of Low-Capacitance Cascaded H-Bridge StatComs Using Optimal Third-Harmonic Circulating Current ' , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics , vol. 36 , no. 9 , 9369068 , pp. 10788-10800 . https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2021.30636080885-8993https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4568Publisher Copyright: © 1986-2012 IEEE.The cascaded H-bridge (CHB) low-capacitance static compensator (LC-StatCom) has a limited operating range in the inductive region compared to a conventional StatCom due to the inherent large oscillations on the capacitor voltages. This limitation constitutes a great drawback of CHB LC-StatComs. This article presents an effective hardware-free solution to overcome this drawback. The proposed solution is based on the injection of an optimal third-harmonic circulating current to suitably shape the capacitor voltages aiming at avoiding overmodulation. Considering all the effects of the third-harmonic circulating current, the article proposes a reference design that guarantees a prescribed safe operating voltage limit, thus increasing the operational range of the LC-StatCom. The proposed approach takes into account the inherent induced oscillation on the capacitor voltages. This approach has been verified by simulation and experimentally with a laboratory prototype, corroborating the excellent performance that agrees with the theoretical analysis.13enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessjournal article10.1109/TPEL.2021.3063608Arm currentcapacitor voltage ripplecascaded H-bridge (CHB)circulating current controlmultilevel converterstatic compensator (StatCom)zero-sequence current injectionElectrical and Electronic Engineeringhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102314345&partnerID=8YFLogxK