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“An Improved Performance for Three Phase Active Power Filter Based on Indirect Current Control Strategy”, JPE, Journal of Power Electronics, Vol.6, no.19, pp. 931-937, 2011.
JPE • 2011
Publication Information
Authors
M. A. Ahmed, S. A. Zaid, O. A. Mahgoub
Keywords
Active power filter, Direct current control, Indirect current control, Total harmonic distortion
Journal
JPE
Publisher
Journal of Power Electronics
Volume
6
Issue
19
Pages
931-937
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Abstract
This paper presents a method for the performance improvement of a shunt active power filter (SAPF) using the indirect current
control (ICC) scheme. Compared to the conventional direct current control (DCC) scheme, the ICC gives better performance with
a lower number of sensors. A simplified and efficient control algorithm using a low cost Intel 80C196KC microcontroller is
implemented using only two current sensors for the source current and one voltage sensor for the DC-link voltage of the SAPF
circuit. The objective is to eliminate harmonics and to compensate the reactive power produced by non-linear loads such as an
uncontrolled rectifier feeding an inductive load. The APF is realized using a three phase voltage source inverter (VSI) with a dc
bus capacitor. Experimental results are presented to prove the better performance of the ICC method over the DCC one
control (ICC) scheme. Compared to the conventional direct current control (DCC) scheme, the ICC gives better performance with
a lower number of sensors. A simplified and efficient control algorithm using a low cost Intel 80C196KC microcontroller is
implemented using only two current sensors for the source current and one voltage sensor for the DC-link voltage of the SAPF
circuit. The objective is to eliminate harmonics and to compensate the reactive power produced by non-linear loads such as an
uncontrolled rectifier feeding an inductive load. The APF is realized using a three phase voltage source inverter (VSI) with a dc
bus capacitor. Experimental results are presented to prove the better performance of the ICC method over the DCC one