scholarly journals Active Power Filter Pre-Selection Tool to Enhance the Power Quality in Oil and Gas Platforms

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1024
Author(s):  
Lais Abrantes Vitoi ◽  
Danilo Brandao ◽  
Elisabetta Tedeschi
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Quality Indices ◽  
Active Power Filters ◽  
Power Filters ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Filter Size

This paper proposes a preliminary design tool for active power filters’ (APFs) solutions to be applied in offshore oil and gas platforms, where power quality indices are typically low, and reactive power compensation and current harmonic mitigation are often desired. The proposed approach considers that APF selection and rating is a trade-off between performance and size, and that both component and system aspects need to be optimized to achieve a well-tailored solution. As size and weight are critical constraints in offshore applications, possible benefits of using Silicon Carbide (SiC) switches for the APF implementation are investigated. Moreover, different compensation strategies are compared, varying the connection point of the APF between two different voltage levels and assigning the APFs different compensation goals. Improvements in power quality indices, as well as APFs rating, number of components, power losses, and filter size, have been considered for both SiC and Silicon-based solutions to identify the best trade-offs suitable for the considered, energy intensive industrial application.

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Survey on Different Control Strategies and Applications of Active Power Filters for Power Quality Improvement

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4589
Author(s):  
Soumya Ranjan Das ◽  
Prakash Kumar Ray ◽  
Arun Kumar Sahoo ◽  
Somula Ramasubbareddy ◽  
Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Reference Signal ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Active Power Filters ◽  
Power Filters ◽  
Utility System

Power quality (PQ) has become an important topic in today’s power system scenario. PQ issues are raised not only in normal three-phase systems but also with the incorporation of different distributed generations (DGs), including renewable energy sources, storage systems, and other systems like diesel generators, fuel cells, etc. The prevalence of these issues comes from the non-linear features and rapid changing of power electronics devices, such as switch-mode converters for adjustable speed drives and diode or thyristor rectifiers. The wide use of these fast switching devices in the utility system leads to an increase in disturbances associated with harmonics and reactive power. The occurrence of PQ disturbances in turn creates several unwanted effects on the utility system. Therefore, many researchers are working on the enhancement of PQ using different custom power devices (CPDs). In this work, the authors highlight the significance of the PQ in the utility network, its effect, and its solution, using different CPDs, such as passive, active, and hybrid filters. Further, the authors point out several compensation strategies, including reference signal generation and gating signal strategies. In addition, this paper also presents the role of the active power filter (APF) in different DG systems. Some technical and economic considerations and future developments are also discussed in this literature. For easy reference, a volume of journals of more than 140 publications on this particular subject is reported. The effectiveness of this research work will boost researchers’ ability to select proper control methodology and compensation strategy for various applications of APFs for improving PQ.

Power Quality Improvement of High Voltage DC Link using Modified Shunt Active Power Filter

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Rakan Khalil Antar ◽  
Basil Mohammed Saied ◽  
Rafid Ahmed Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Active Power Filter ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Active Power Filters ◽  
Power Filter ◽  
Power Filters ◽  
Power Quality Improvement

A new control strategy for active power filters is proposed, modeled and implemented in order to improve the power quality of a line commutated converter High voltage DC link. The ability of reactive power and harmonics reductions are generally met by using passive and active power filters. In this paper, modified active power filter with a modified harmonics pulse width modulation algorithm is used to minimize the source harmonics and force the AC supply current to be in the same phase with AC voltage source at both sending and receiving sides of a line commutated converter high voltage DC link. Therefore, it is considered as power factor corrector and harmonics eliminator with random variations in the load current. The modified harmonics pulse width modulation algorithm is applicable for active power filter based on a three-phase five-level and seven-level cascaded H-bridge voltage source inverter. Simulation results show that the suggested modified multilevel active power filters improve total harmonics distortion of both voltage and current with almost unity effective power factor at both AC sides of high voltage DC link. Therefore, modified active power filter is an effective tool for power quality improvement and preferable for line commutated converter high voltage DC link at different load conditions.

Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Reactive Power Compensation With Hybrid Active Power Filters

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 2608-2617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Costa Ferreira ◽  
Robson Bauwlez Gonzatti ◽  
Rondineli Rodrigues Pereira ◽  
Carlos Henrique da Silva ◽  
L. E. Borges da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Model Predictive Control ◽  
Predictive Control ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Reactive Power Compensation ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Active Power Filters ◽  
Power Filters ◽  
Finite Control ◽  
Control Set

scholarly journals A Modular Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based Shunt Hybrid Active Power Filter for Selective Harmonic and Reactive Power Compensation Under Distorted/Unbalanced Grid Voltage Conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1133-1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Demirdelen ◽  
R. I. Kayaalp ◽  
M. Tumay
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Power ◽  
Reactive Power Compensation ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Harmonic Compensation ◽  
Active Power Filters ◽  
Power Filter ◽  
Power Filters ◽  
Hybrid Active Power Filter ◽  
Cascaded Multilevel Inverter ◽  
Unbalanced Grid

In recent years, shunt hybrid active power filters are being increasingly considered as a viable alternative to both passive filters and active power filters for compensating harmonics. In literature, their applications are restricted to balanced systems and low voltage applications and therefore not for industrial applications. This paper investigates the performance of a modular cascaded multilevel inverter based Shunt Hybrid Active Power Filter (SHAPF) for reactive power compensation and selective harmonics elimination under distorted/unbalanced grid voltage conditions in medium voltage levels. In the proposed control method, reactive power compensation is achieved successfully with a perceptible amount and the performance results of harmonic compensation are satisfactory. Theoretical analysis and simulation results are obtained from an actual industrial network model in PSCAD. The simulation results are presented for a proposed system in order to demonstrate that the harmonic compensation performance meets the IEEE-519 standard.

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