A comparative study on different types of hybrid active power filters

Author

Patel, Pragati ; Mulla, Mahmadasraf Abdulhamid

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Sardar Vallabhbhai Nat. Inst. of Technol., Surat, India

fYear

2012

fDate

19-21 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Most common problem arising in supply network is current harmonics because of the increased use of nonlinear loads. Traditionally passive and active filters are best solutions for harmonic removal, but they have some practical limitations. Solution to these limitations is to use hybrid active power filters (HAPF) which are different combinations of passive and/or active filters. HAPF inherit the efficiency of passive filters and the improved performance of active filters. In HAPF, filtering characteristics of passive filter is improved by active power filter. Three different types of HAPF are discussed in this paper. All topologies are presented and are verified via simulation study in PSIM software. Performance parameters of all the topologies are compared based on supply current THD, load voltage THD and fundamental voltage/current values for similar supply and load conditions.

Keywords

active filters; harmonic distortion; passive filters; power filters; power system harmonics; PSIM software; active filters; current harmonics; harmonic removal; hybrid active power filters; load voltage THD; nonlinear loads; passive filters; supply current THD; supply network; Equivalent circuits; Harmonic analysis; Impedance; Inverters; Power harmonic filters; Topology; FFT analysis; THD; active power filter; hybrid active power filter; passive filter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Education: Innovative Practices and Future Trends (AICERA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kottayam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2267-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICERA.2012.6306713

Filename

6306713