A new criterion for selecting the inductors of an Active Power Line Conditioner

This paper analyzes the inductances used at the terminals of an Active Power Line Conditioner (APLC) based on a voltage source inverter (VSI) in some current correction topologies. The criteria to select the optimal inductances values are determined and a novel design criterion, named “control criterion”, is proposed. This novel method is applied to situations where there are sharp current variations as the case of a three phase rectifier feeding a resistive load. A parametrical analysis of the expressions obtained for the inductors is performed, obtaining the intervals of possible values of inductance that can meet the initial specifications. Finally a simulation is carried out to verify how the method presented reaches these specifications.