Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter

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 (PCC). They are used to compensate for harmonics from nonlinear loads, for reactive power compensation and/or balancing mains currents. This paper will in...

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Main Authors: Abu-Jalala, Al-Hussein Mohammed, Cox, Tom, Gerada, Christopher, Rashed, Mohamed, Hamiti, Tahar, Brown, Neil
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Published: IEEE 2018
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author Abu-Jalala, Al-Hussein Mohammed
Cox, Tom
Gerada, Christopher
Rashed, Mohamed
Hamiti, Tahar
Brown, Neil
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Gerada, Christopher
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description 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 (PCC). 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 THD in the system.
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spelling nottingham-534082018-08-22T15:00:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53408/ Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter Abu-Jalala, Al-Hussein Mohammed Cox, Tom Gerada, Christopher Rashed, Mohamed Hamiti, Tahar Brown, Neil 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 (PCC). 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 THD in the system. IEEE 2018-04-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53408/1/Power%20Quality%20Improvement%20of%20Synchronous%20Generators%20Using%20an%20Active%20Power%20Filter.pdf Abu-Jalala, Al-Hussein Mohammed, Cox, Tom, Gerada, Christopher, Rashed, Mohamed, Hamiti, Tahar and Brown, Neil (2018) Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications . ISSN 0093-9994 Synchronous generator Skewless generator Active power filter Four-leg converter https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8341736/ 10.1109/TIA.2018.2828789 10.1109/TIA.2018.2828789 10.1109/TIA.2018.2828789
spellingShingle Synchronous generator
Skewless generator
Active power filter
Four-leg converter
Abu-Jalala, Al-Hussein Mohammed
Cox, Tom
Gerada, Christopher
Rashed, Mohamed
Hamiti, Tahar
Brown, Neil
Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter
title Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter
title_full Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter
title_fullStr Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter
title_full_unstemmed Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter
title_short Power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter
title_sort power quality improvement of synchronous generators using an active power filter
topic Synchronous generator
Skewless generator
Active power filter
Four-leg converter
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