In order to detect grid harmonic and reactive current precisely and real time, this paper arrived at a method of harmonic and reactive current real-time detection applied to active power filter based on the three-phase circuit instantaneous reactive power theory. With Matlab simulation software, researches on simulation of harmonic detection means are carried out, and an analysis of the simulat...

The photovoltaic (PV) system exhibits a nonlinear current-voltage (I-V) characteristic that its maximum power point (MPP) varies with solar insolation and temperature. In this paper, a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method using fuzzy logic control (FLC) is presented. This method is based on the concept of perturbation and observation (P & O) algorithm to track the MPP. The two stage grid ...

In this paper, we propose a distributed voltage control in power distribution networks through reactive power compensation. The proposed control can (i) operate in a distributed fashion where each bus makes its decision based on local voltage measurements and communication with neighbors, (ii) always satisfy the reactive power capacity constraint, (iii) stabilize the voltage magnitude in an acc...

A possible detrimental effect of onshore series compensation in the GB grid is the appearance of subsynchronous resonance (SSR). In this paper, a control scheme for a VSC-HVDC link capable of damping subsynchronous oscillations is proposed in order to effectively counteract the potential damage caused by SSR in steam turbines. The VSC-HVDC link has been modelled to maintain its primary function...

This paper presents a fuzzy logic, PI controlled shunt active power filter used to compensate for harmonic distortion in three-phase four-wire systems. The shunt active filter employs a simple method for the calculation of the reference compensation current based on Fast Fourier Transform. The presented Shunt Active Power filter is able to operate in balanced, unbalanced and Variable load condi...

This paper describes a novel fuzzy logic controller for a three phase shunt active shunt filter for the power quality improvement. The Power Quality (PQ) problems in power distribution systems are not new but only recently the effects of these problems have gained public awareness. These non-linear loads are constructed by nonlinear devices in which the current is not proportional to the applie...

One-cycle control (OCC) is a kind of nonlinear control technology. It is the most advanced reactive power compensation and harmonic suppression method. In the paper, a three-phase four-wire active power filter (APF) with one-cycle control is presented. This method does not need any measured quantities of three-phase input voltages and three-phase load currents, and also not need multipliers. Th...

This paper describes sensitivity indicator method to identify weakest bus of the system. It also describes method of calculating the amount of reactive power to be injected at the load bus to avert the voltage instability as the load on the load bus increases. In this paper IEEE-57 BUS system has been considered. First, the weakest bus is identified using sensitivity indicator method. Then Load...

This paper gives a new insight into the concept of load compensation using shunt active filter (SAF) under ideal and non-ideal source voltage conditions. A novel approach based on an improved instantaneous active and reactive current component method is proposed. The performance of the proposed control strategy has been compared with instantaneous reactive power theory, symmetrical component th...