Novel compound PWM strategy of a four-leg shunt active power filter

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe currently used hysteresis method is of low control accuracy, and the PWM-based strategy fails to provide a high enough response speed; thus, there is always a trade-off between the performances of control accuracy and response speed for a four-leg shunt active power filter (APF) to cope with the large variation in the load harmonic profile. First, an improved SVPWM strategy is proposed in this paper; with the aim to increase the response speed of a four-leg APF by simplifying the implementation of current 3D-SVPWM methods, the principle and realisation of this strategy are explained in detail. Based on these works, a compound PWM algorithm that effectively integrates the improved SVPWM and a PI-based current hysteresis method is proposed to simultaneously guarantee a higher response speed and a higher control accuracy for a four-leg APF. The realisation and parameter tuning of the compound PWM are elaborated. The correctness and effectiveness of the improved SVPWM and the compound PWM strategy are verified by simulations using Matlab/Simulink software. Finally, experimental results on a four-leg APF implemented in a closed-loop real-time simulation platform are presented.