Active power filter operation of an electric vehicle applied to single-phase networks

This work proposes the application of a battery or plug-in electric vehicle powertrain on the mitigation of possible residential electricity network power quality problems by means of the integration of a shunt active power filter into its power electronics circuitry. The integration of additional functions to an electric vehicle is a very desirable feature, since it can result on cost reduction (in comparison to the separately implementation of the integrated functions). Simulation results provide evidence of the possible employment of power electronics converters, inherent to the vehicle propulsion system, in order to reduce harmonic content and improve power factor in single-phased electric networks.