Title: An advanced control approach for current harmonic cancellation using shunt active power filter

Authors: Noureddine Hamouda; Kamel Eddine Hemsas; Hocine Benalla; Amar Boutaghane

Addresses: Welding and NDT Research Center (CSC), BP 64, Cheraga, Algiers, Algeria; Laboratory of Electrical Engineering of Constantine, University of Constantine 1, Algeria ' Automatic Laboratory of Setif, Ferhat Abbas University, University Setif 1, Algeria ' Laboratory of Electrical Engineering of Constantine, University of Constantine 1, Algeria ' Welding and NDT Research Center (CSC), BP 64, Cheraga, Algiers, Algeria

Abstract: Generally, low harmonic frequencies such as the harmonic of the order 5 and 7 have a great influence to deteriorate the network current and interim the grid power factor. The objective is to cancel out the selected harmonic order from the network current. The shapes of waves and the values of the THD of the network current before and after applying the proposed technique are introduced. The system is simulated and investigated using MATLAB/Simulink. The results prove the effectiveness of the design and control strategy (α-β). This paper deals with design, analysis and simulation of a three phase three wire shunt selective active power filter. It compensates the harmonic currents selectively under balanced power network. In order to improve, the power factor of the supply network, an advanced control approach based on a multivariable filter is adopted. The novelty of the proposed control approach developed in this paper is to use a multi-variable filter (MVF), which can extract the harmonics content of load current reference, according to the axis of Concordia.

Keywords: total harmonic distortion; shunt selective active power filter; shunt active power filter; power factor; multi-variable filters; MVF; axis of Concordia; THD; advanced control; network current; simulation; power networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIED.2015.068768

International Journal of Industrial Electronics and Drives, 2015 Vol.2 No.1, pp.35 - 42

Received: 31 Mar 2014
Accepted: 19 Jul 2014

Published online: 12 Apr 2015 *

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