Design and performance of active power filters

Author

Thomas, Thierry ; Haddad, Kevork ; Joos, Geza ; Jaafari, Alain

Author_Institution

MTE Corp., Mnomonee Falls, WI, USA

Volume

4

Issue

5

fYear

1998

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

46

Abstract

This article has demonstrated the feasibility of a three phase active filter based on a half-bridge topology. Design guidelines for the power circuit have been derived and applied to a 5 kVA IGBT laboratory prototype. In the single phase mode, the active filter can reduce the low frequency harmonic content in the AC line to below 1% excluding the harmonics due to switching action of the converter. In the three phase mode, line currents are corrected under balanced and unbalanced conditions. The neutral current is reduced significantly.

Keywords

active filters; bridge circuits; compensation; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power filters; power system harmonics; 5 kVA; AC line; IGBT laboratory prototype; active power filters; balanced conditions; half-bridge topology; line currents correction; low frequency harmonic content reduction; neutral current; power circuit; single phase mode; three phase active filter; three phase mode; unbalanced conditions; Active filters; Capacitors; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Proposals; Pulse width modulation; Topology; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2943.715505

Filename

715505