Electrical Energy Quality Indicators and Their Improvement by Active Filters

Abstract

This article discusses power quality and the role of active filters in improving power quality. The characteristic of this article discusses power quality and the role of active filters in improving power quality. Power quality characteristics, including voltage non-sinusoidality, voltage unbalance, input current harmonic distortion and the ratio of active to full power, are considered. Various technical means of compensating reactive power and improving current and voltage spectra, including active filters, and current standards governing their requirements are considered. The benefits of active filters, such as reduced energy losses, suppression of higher harmonics, power factor correction and flicker re-duction, are described. A correct definition of apparent power is presented to justify an energy efficient control strategy for a shunt active filter to minimize power losses in the transmission line. To facilitate the distributed compensation of unbalance power, the corresponding current vector is represented by four orthogonal components, which produce separate contributions to the transmission line loss power. The use of active filters in power systems can improve power quality and ensure efficient use of electrical equipment. Ref. 14. Keywords: power quality, efficiency, technical means, active harmonic filters, nonlinear load.