The Use of an Active Power Filter for Harmonic Elimination, and Power Quality Improvement in a Nonlinear Loaded Electrical Installation.

Abstract

Consumer electronics, domestic appliances and a large range of industrial applications, namely power electronics based, can cause high disturbances in the supplied electricity. In this paper, the power quality characteristics is addressed in terms of the related standards and in the possible measures to increase it. Going from single to three phase networks and discussing passive and active filtering solutions, the paper presents simulation and experimental results obtained with a three phase active filter prototype.