Comparison of Controllers for Power Quality Improvement Employing Shunt Active Filter

ABSTRACT:

In this paper, an implementation of shunt active filter for current harmonics compensation in order to achieve power quality improvement under non linear load condition is proposed. Shunt active filter makes the source current almost sinusoidal under non linear load condition by eliminating current harmonics. Controller generates the reference current and it is compared with actual current. PWM current controller controls the switch of the shunt active filter circuit. Shunt active filter eliminates the undesired current harmonics by injecting current into the system thereby reduces total harmonic distortion and improves power factor. The main objective of the project is to find the most suitable control method that is capable of reducing total harmonic distortion in the source current under non linear load condition. Fast and precise control loop is needed in order to assure the desired power quality. Three control techniques have been proposed: PI controller, Hysteresis current controller, Fuzzy logic controller. The system is modeled using Matlab/Simulink and simulation results prove that the source current harmonics can be reduced and power factor can be improved. The comparative performance of the proposed three controllers is also presented.

KEYWORDS:

1.      Power Quality

2.      Shunt Active Filter

3.      Voltage Source Inverter

4.      PI

5.      Hysteresis Current Controller

SOFTWARE: MATLAB/SIMULINK

BLOCK DIAGRAM:

EXPECTED SIMULATION RESULTS:

CONCLUSION:

In this paper, the design of shunt active filter to compensate harmonics in the power system based on three control techniques were presented and compared. All the control techniques make the source voltage and source current to be in phase. In the first control scheme the capacitor voltage is regulated based on reference voltage and provides compensation for the reduction of harmonics in the source current, the second one provides compensation based on reference current generated from the fourier transform of load current, while the third one considers the active filter controlled by fuzzy logic controller which is suitable for uncertainty condition. Among the three proposals the fuzzy logic control technique [7] doesn't need any mathematical model, reduces total harmonic distortion in a better way and provides good performance and robust to the parameter uncertainties compared with other strategies.

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