Abstract
A cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter based active power filter with a novel direct power control is proposed in this paper. It can be directly connected to medium/high voltage power line without using the bulky transformer or passive filter. Due to the limited switching frequency (typically below 1 kHz) of high-power solid-state devices (GTO/IGCT), multiple synchronous/stationary reference frame current controllers are reviewed and derived. Based on this, a novel current controller is proposed for harmonic current elimination and system power factor compensation. Furthermore, a synchronous/stationary hybrid structure can be derived with fundamental de-coupling control. The instantaneous reactive power theory and synchronous reference frame based control are compared based on mathematical models. A direct power control concept is then derived and proposed. It is equivalent as the hybrid synchronous/stationary frame current controller, but has a simpler implementation. It has clear physical meaning and can be considered as a simplified version of the hybrid frame current controller. Simulations on a 4160 V/1.2 MVA system and experimental results on a 208 V/6 kVA laboratory prototype are presented to validate the proposed active power filter design.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 284-294 |
| Journal | Electric Power Systems Research |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2007 |
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Zhou, G., Wu, B., & Xu, D. (2007). Direct power control of a multilevel inverter based active power filter. Electric Power Systems Research, 77(3-4), 284-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2006.03.005