A series-parallel configuration of active power filters for VAr and harmonic compensation

Author

Prieto, Jaime ; Salmerón, Patricio ; Vázquez, Jeslis R. ; Alcántara, Fco Javier

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. de Huelva, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2002

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

2945

Abstract

A new design method for the control implementation of a combined series-shunt active power filter (load compensation active conditioner, LCAC) for electrical power quality improvement is proposed. This active conditioner allows to cancel source voltage harmonics, to symmetrize the supply voltage, and to eliminate current harmonics and reactive/unbalanced load currents. The study of the higher harmonics passive filtering behaviour has permitted an enhancement of the compensating performance of the active conditioner. Practical case results are presented to support the performance of the new control design.

Keywords

active filters; power harmonic filters; power supply quality; power system harmonics; static VAr compensators; active conditioner; active power filters; control design performance; current harmonics elimination; electrical power quality improvement; harmonic compensation.; load compensation active conditioner; reactive power compensation; reactive/unbalanced load currents elimination; series-parallel configuration; source voltage harmonics cancellation; supply voltage symmetrization; Active filters; Design methodology; Filtering; Load management; Passive filters; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IECON 02 [Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE 2002 28th Annual Conference of the]

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7474-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2002.1182864

Filename

1182864