Power Quality Improvement of Synchronous Generators Using an Active Power Filter

Al Hussein Mohammed Abu-Jalala, Tom Cox, Chris Gerada, Mohamed Rashed, Tahar Hamiti, Neil Brown

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Abstract

Active power filters (APF) are used to improve power quality and are commonly connected in parallel with the load at the point of common coupling. They are used to compensate for harmonics from nonlinear loads, for reactive power compensation, and/or balancing mains currents. This paper will investigate the effect of using an APF to improve the output power quality of a simplified synchronous generator (SSG) with distorted back EMF. A MATLAB/Simulink model for the SSG is built to simulate all the system, the APF, and the proposed generator. Using an APF, simulation, and experimental results show significant improvements in generator output current and reduced the total harmonic distortion in the system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8341736
Pages (from-to)4080-4090
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Volume54
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2018

Keywords

  • Active power filter (APF)
  • four-leg converter
  • skewless generator
  • synchronous generator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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