Multilevel inverters are promised to provide a better performance in high power applications such as static VAR compensators. The proposed modular inverter has advantages compared to the conventional technologies. A control system of static VAR compensator using new modular multilevel inverter is proposed in this paper. Modeling and dynamic performance of static VAR compensator based on the proposed multilevel inverter are described in this paper. The inverter switching devices are switched at the fundamental output frequency. How to control the dc capacitor voltage is described. Several simulated results are included to verify the proposed concept. Keywords: Multilevel, inverter, STATCO
