An active power quality conditioner for reactive power and harmonics compensation

Raju, N.R.; Venkata, S.S.; Kagalwala, R.A.; Sastry, V.V.

doi:10.1109/pesc.1995.474814

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“…It has the capability of reducing voltage and current harmonics at a reasonable cost. There are many more hybrid configurations [136], [152], [153], but for the sake of brevity, they are not discussed here; however, details can be found in the respective references. …”

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A review of active filters for power quality improvement

Singh

Al‐Haddad

Chandra

1999

IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.

1,931

671

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Abstract-Active filtering of electric power has now become a mature technology for harmonic and reactive power compensation in two-wire (single phase), three-wire (three phase without neutral), and four-wire (three phase with neutral) ac power networks with nonlinear loads. This paper presents a comprehensive review of active filter (AF) configurations, control strategies, selection of components, other related economic and technical considerations, and their selection for specific applications. It is aimed at providing a broad perspective on the status of AF technology to researchers and application engineers dealing with power quality issues. A list of more than 200 research publications on the subject is also appended for a quick reference.Index Terms-Active power filters, active power line conditioners, harmonics and reactive power compensation, power quality.

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Section: B Topology-based Classificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of active filters for power quality improvement

Singh

Al‐Haddad

Chandra

1999

IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.

1,931

671

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“…Among the problems caused by the presence of harmonics are distortion of the AC mains voltage within the facilities, high currents flowing through the neutral conductor, overheating of transformers and conductors, poor operation of switches and fuses, erroneous operation of electronic equipment, life reduction in incandescent lamps, resonance risk in fluorescent lamps, and overheating of rotating machines [2]. Active power filters have been proposed to compensate the current harmonics [3][4][5]. Although they provide a good compensation system, their high cost is a considerable disadvantage.…”

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Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System with Active Power Filtering Functionality

Vaquero

Vázquez

Soriano

et al. 2018

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Solar panels are an attractive and growing source of renewable energy in commercial and residential applications. Its use connected to the grid by means of a power converter results in a grid-connected photovoltaic system. In order to optimize this system, it is interesting to integrate several functionalities into the power converter, such as active power filtering and power factor correction. Nonlinear loads connected to the grid generate current harmonics, which deteriorates the mains power quality. Active power filters can compensate these current harmonics. A photovoltaic system with added harmonic compensation and power factor correction capabilities is proposed in this paper. A sliding mode controller is employed to control the power converter, implemented on the CompactRIO digital platform from National Instruments Corporation, allowing user friendly operation and easy tuning. The power system consists of two stages, a DC/DC boost converter and a single-phase inverter, and it is able to inject active power into the grid while compensating the current harmonics generated by nonlinear loads at the point of common coupling. The operation, design, simulation, and experimental results for the proposed system are discussed.

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