Virtual Voltage Source Control for 2 × 27 MVA Machine Test Bench

In this paper, a special control solution called virtual voltage source (VVS) is developed for no-load tests of induction machines. This concept is applied to a 2 × 27 MVA high-power machine test bench where the test bench is requested to precisely characterize, e.g., 3 MW machines at no-load currents. The developed VVS thoroughly solves the stability issue of induction machines at low-speed ranges. A set of optimizations is presented here that systematically improves the voltage precision of the test bench. Experimental results prove that the proposed concept achieves 0.08–0.12% voltage unbalance, less than 3% current unbalance, with less than 0.3% harmonic-voltage-factor, and verified by more than 100 induction machines.

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