Active impedance: A closed-loop approach on hybrid active series power filter

Hybrid active series power filters, as originally proposed, presents a way to improve the physical limitation of tuned passive filters. However these improvements are restricted to a single filter parameter: quality or tuned factor. To overcome these limitations, the active impedance has been proposed. By handling, at the same time, the quality and the tuned factor the topology is able to compensate multiple harmonic current just by using a single tuned passive filter. In this paper the details about active impedance concept are demonstrated. An appropriated control strategy based on P+Resonant Controller is used to implement the active filter complex gain. The performance of the hybrid active filter based on active impedance under multiples harmonics frequencies is investigated and confirms to be more efficient than those reported in the literature. The control algorithm is executed using the DSP TMS320F2812 and the inverter switching frequency is 20 kHz.