Design and Implementation of a Shunt Active Power Filter for Enhancing Power Quality

Subject Areas : Renewable energy

Mehdi Mahdavian ¹ , Masoud Jabbari ²

1 - Islamic Azad University - Naein Branch
2 - PhD Condidate/Isfahan University

Received: 2009-11-26 Accepted : 2011-03-06 Published : 2011-02-01

Keywords: Harmonic, Power Quality, compensation, Active power filter,

Abstract :

This paper presents analysis of active power filters for enhancing power quality of industrial systems in presence of harmonical pollutions. Shunt active power filters proposed for improving power factor, the method of extracting the reference current is presented, and, experimental results of 2 KVAR prototypes are demonstrated.