An active power filter implemented with a three-level NPC voltage-source inverter

Author

Aburto, Victor ; Schneider, Martin ; Morán, Luis ; Dixon, Juan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Concepcion Univ., Chile

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

22-27 Jun 1997

Firstpage

1121

Abstract

This paper presents an active power filter implemented using a three-level neutral point-clamped voltage-source inverter. The active power filter can compensate current harmonics and reactive power in medium voltage distribution systems. The paper presents the principles of operation and design criteria for both the power and control circuits. Finally, the viability of the proposed scheme is shown with computer simulation using Matlab

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; active filters; circuit analysis computing; control system analysis computing; control system synthesis; distribution networks; harmonic distortion; invertors; power filters; power system control; power system harmonics; reactive power control; software packages; Matlab; active power filter; computer simulation; control design; control simulation; current harmonics compensation; medium voltage distribution systems; reactive power compensation; three-level neutral point-clamped voltage-source inverter; Active filters; Circuit topology; Power distribution; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Power semiconductor switches; Power system harmonics; Pulse width modulation inverters; Reactive power; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1997. PESC '97 Record., 28th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3840-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1997.616889

Filename

616889