ANALYSIS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF A COMBINED ACTIVE FILTER OF A SEQUENTIAL TYPE WITH SELECTIVE LINKS FOR DIRECT CURRENT TRACTION SUBSTATION

Abstract

The results of the studies of the combined active filter of a sequential type with a continuous control system for direct current traction substation traction are presented. In the structure under consideration the aperiodic passive LC-filter operates in conjunction with the active one, the operation principle of the latter is being based on the formation of the channel feedback system of automatic voltage regulation of compensation of the variable component of the output voltage of the substation. The structure of a control system of a combined active filter of the series type has been proposed, which specific feature is the use of two parallel running circuits of feedback. The first one generates a signal for compensation of the variable component in a wide range of frequencies. The second one is built with the use of selective links that are configured to low frequency, including the non-canonical harmonic voltage with large amplitude. As a result of analytical studies the expression of the transfer function of the control system of the active filter of the series type with selective link has been obtained. The logarithmic amplitude-frequency characteristics of the combined active filter with and without selective link that had been determined clearly demonstrated the higher efficiency of suppression of the non-canonical harmonics in the second case. In order to confirm the reliability of the analytical results of the control system of the active filter a simulation model in MatLab has been developed. The analysis of the combined active filter of the series type with selective links demonstrated that its use is expedient for quality improvement of the supply the electric rolling stock with direct current energy, also achieving the desired level of electromagnetic compatibility of traction network with systems of railway automatics and communications.