ICGST- ACSE Journal

ACSE
 Volume (6), Issue (2) ICGST
 
A Novel Time-Domain Reference-Computation Algorithm for Shunt Active Power Filters
 H. Benalla and h. Djeghloud
Constantine Electrotechnics Laboratory, Mentouri-Constantine University, Constantine, 25000, Algeria

Abstract: 

This paper investigates the new harmonic reference current detection algorithm introduced by W. G. Chang et al. applied to a three-phase shunt active power filter (APF) based on a two-level IGBTs voltage inverter. This approach, extracts current harmonic components from both the Fortescue transformation positive sequence of the supply’s voltage and the instantaneous active power consumed by the nonlinear load and forces the feeder current to be in phase with the positive sequence of the fundamental voltage component. Moreover, compared with the other algorithms, this method is applicable for balanced as well as for unbalanced systems. For sending pulses to the APF gates, we employed the carrier-based PWM strategy. For validating the theoretical study, simulation works, under Matlab-Simulink environment are provided. The obtained results seem satisfactory in harmonic compensation quality and power factor correction.

Key words: Shunt voltage inverter APF, Fortescue positive sequence, instantaneous active power, carrier-based PWM.

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Biographies:

Hocine Benalla was born in Constantine, Algeria by 1957. He received the B.S., M.S., and Doctorate Engineer degrees in power electronics, from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France, respectively in 1981, 1984. In 1995, he received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Jussieu-Paris VI, France. Since 1996, he is with the department of Electrotechnics, at Constantine University Algeria, as a Lecturer. His current research field includes Active Power filters, Pwm inverters, Electric machines, and ac drives.

Hind Djeghloud was born in Constantine, Algeria by 1976. she received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electric Machines from the Department of Electrotechnics of Constantine University, Algeria, respectively in 2000, and 2002. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrotechnics. By 2003, she joined the department of Electrotechnics, at Constantine University Algeria, as an Assistant Professor. She is interested by Power Electronics including Electric Power quality, Active Power filters, and Pwm Converters.

BibTex:

@ARTICLE{P1110619001,

AUTHOR = { Hocine Benalla and  hind Djeghloud},

TITLE = { A Novel Time-Domain Reference-Computation Algorithm for Shunt Active Power Filters },

JOURNAL = {ICGST International Journal on Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, ACSE},

YEAR = {2006},

VOLUME = {06},

ISSUE = {II},

PAGES = {33--40}

}

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