Performance of a Shunt Active Power Filter for Unbalanced Conditions Using Only Current Measurements

Saad F. Al-Gahtani and R. M. Nelms
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Saad F. Al-Gahtani: Electrical Engineering Department, King Khalid University, Abha, Asir 61421, Saudi Arabia
R. M. Nelms: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: Shunt active power filters (APFs) are used to address power quality issues such as harmonic distortion and power system imbalance. Many control systems for shunt APFs demand measurements of voltages and currents for the determination of instantaneous real and reactive power signals. From these signals, the reference currents of the shunt APF are calculated. A method of control for the APF shunt that only measures currents is proposed in this paper. The control method includes a modified technique to extract the positive and negative sequence components in the time domain. The reference currents in the shunt APF are calculated by the negative sequence components of the measured currents. Simulation and experimental results confirm the efficiency of this control scheme under ideal and non-ideal conditions.

Keywords: shunt active power filter; voltage sensorless control; harmonics; unbalanced conditions (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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