Reduction of Source Current Harmonics in R and Rl Load with Active Filter at Source End

Author(s):  
A Siva Kumar ◽  
N B Muthu Selvan
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-186
Author(s):  
Tilak Giri ◽  
Ram Prasad Pandey ◽  
Sabin Bhandari ◽  
Sujan Moktan ◽  
Lagat Karki

Due to intensive use of power converters and other non-linear loads, power quality is degrading. The presence of harmonics in the power lines result in greater power losses in distribution, interference problems in communication systems. Non linearity reduces the efficiency and power factor of the system. As the power factor reduces, the reactive power demanded from the supply increases which have no any contribution in energy transfer, so compensation is required. For this, shunt passive filter has been developed but it is bulky and frequency dependent and has many drawbacks. In contrast to passive filter, shunt active filter (SAF) has been developed which is smaller and has wide range of applications. In this paper, shunt active filter based on p-q theory is demonstrated for compensating reactive power and current harmonics. Simulation has been done with and without SAF and results are presented and ended with recommendation and conclusion. An effort is made to reduce the THD of the source current below 5% (specified by IEEE).


Author(s):  
Muhammad Ossama Mahmoud ◽  
Wael Mamdouh ◽  
Hamdy Khalil

In this paper, three-phase, four-wire shunt active power filter (SAPF) is utilized to mitigate system harmonics of distorted voltage source for unbalanced and nonlinear loads. Basically, the source voltage should be pure sinusoidal waveform to get a good mitigation of source current harmonics. In this under study system, the source voltage is assumed to be harmonic distortion non-sinusoidal voltage source. The phase locked loop (PLL) control circuit is wielded for extracting the fundamental component of the distorted source voltage to use it as an input signal to the SAPF control. Another input signal to the SAPF is the distorted load current. The SAPF control system uses (p-q) theory to calculate the optimum instantaneous current to be injected by the SAPF to mitigate the source current harmonics even the source voltage is harmonic distorted. MATLAB/SIMULINK software package is utilized to simulate the system under study. The effect of SAPF is tested when it’s used with and without the PLL control circuit. The simulation results show that, the THD of source current when using the PLL control circuit is improved to comply with the harmonic limits given in the IEEE 519-1992 and IEC 61000-4-7 standards.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kodai Abe ◽  
Hitoshi Haga ◽  
Kiyoshi Ohishi ◽  
Yuki Yokokura ◽  
Haruya Kada

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