A Comprehensive Survey on Different Control Strategies and Applications of Active Power Filters for Power Quality Improvement

Soumya Ranjan Das, Prakash Kumar Ray, Arun Kumar Sahoo, Somula Ramasubbareddy, Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu, Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan and Lucian Mihet-Popa
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Soumya Ranjan Das: Department of Electrical Engineering, GIET Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752060, India
Prakash Kumar Ray: Department of Electrical Engineering, CET Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751003, India
Arun Kumar Sahoo: Department of Electrical Engineering, IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751001, India
Somula Ramasubbareddy: Department of Information Technology, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad 500090, India
Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad 500075, India
Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar: School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan: Clean and Resilient Energy Systems (CARES) Laboratory, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX 77553, USA
Lucian Mihet-Popa: Faculty of Engineering, Østfold University College, NO-1757 Halden, Norway

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-32

Abstract: Power quality (PQ) has become an important topic in today’s power system scenario. PQ issues are raised not only in normal three-phase systems but also with the incorporation of different distributed generations (DGs), including renewable energy sources, storage systems, and other systems like diesel generators, fuel cells, etc. The prevalence of these issues comes from the non-linear features and rapid changing of power electronics devices, such as switch-mode converters for adjustable speed drives and diode or thyristor rectifiers. The wide use of these fast switching devices in the utility system leads to an increase in disturbances associated with harmonics and reactive power. The occurrence of PQ disturbances in turn creates several unwanted effects on the utility system. Therefore, many researchers are working on the enhancement of PQ using different custom power devices (CPDs). In this work, the authors highlight the significance of the PQ in the utility network, its effect, and its solution, using different CPDs, such as passive, active, and hybrid filters. Further, the authors point out several compensation strategies, including reference signal generation and gating signal strategies. In addition, this paper also presents the role of the active power filter (APF) in different DG systems. Some technical and economic considerations and future developments are also discussed in this literature. For easy reference, a volume of journals of more than 140 publications on this particular subject is reported. The effectiveness of this research work will boost researchers’ ability to select proper control methodology and compensation strategy for various applications of APFs for improving PQ.

Keywords: active power filters; harmonics; power quality; current controlling techniques; custom power devices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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