this paper presents a comparative analysis between two current control strategies, constant source power and generalized fryze current, used in active power filter (apf) applications having three different modulation methods. the hysteresis band (hb) and first-order delta-sigma modulation (dsm) as well as the second-order dsm is applied. the power section of the active power filter is viewed as...

In this paper, we propose the Modified Synchronous Detection (MSD) Method for determining the reference compensating currents of the shunt active power filter under non sinusoidal voltages conditions. For controlling the inverter switching we used the PI regulator. The numerical simulation results, using Power System Blockset Toolbox PSB of Matlab, from a complete structure, are presented and d...

This paper describes the development of a low cost shunt active power filter with digital control, which allows dynamic power factor correction and both harmonics and zero-sequence current compensation. The active filter controller is based on the instantaneous power theory (p-q theory) and was implemented using a standard 16 bits microcontroller. The p-q theory is introduced followed by the pr...

The paper deals with the comparison study of harmonic detection methods for a shunt active power filter. The %THD and the power factor value at the PCC point after compensation are considered for the comparison. There are three harmonic detection methods used in the paper that are synchronous reference frame method, synchronous detection method, and DQ axis with Fourier method. In addition, the...

A flexible and versatile solution to voltage quality problems is offered by active power filters. Currently they are based on PWM converters and used to connect to low and medium voltage distribution system in shunt or in series. Active power filters can perform one or more of the functions required to compensate power systems in improving power quality. Hybrid Filter, which is a combination of...

The Shunt Active Power Filter is a very essential tool to remove harmonic currents and to reimburse reactive power for nonlinear loads. The fundamental standard of process of a Shunt Active Power Filter is to introduce an appropriate non-sinusoidal current (compensating current) into the system at the point of common coupling. This research work focuses on the time-domain approach for three-pha...

Recently wide spread of power electronic equipment has caused an increase of the harmonic disturbances in the power systems. The nonlinear loads draw harmonic and reactive power components of current from ac mains. Current harmonics generated by nonlinear loads such as adjustable speed drives, static power supplies and UPS. Thus a perfect compensator is required to avoid the consequences due to...

Abstract— The active power filters eliminates the harmonic distortion caused by non-linear loads and improves the filtering efficiency performance when compared with the passive filters. This paper inspects about the analysis and simulation of a three phase four wire shunt active power f ilter under unbalanced and distorted load conditions. Current harmonic compensation is achieved by the imple...

This paper proposes an extended reference current calculation method for the PV based three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) shunt active power filter (SAPF). Shunt active power filter demands a source of energy for compensating the current based distortions, which utilizes the photovoltaic array with DC-DC boost converter as a source of DC power. The shunt connected inverter controls the DC l...