Single-phase thirteen-level dual-boost inverter based shunt active power filter control using resonant and fuzzy logic controllers

Abstract

This paper address the power quality improvement of a single-phase utility grid using Thirteen-Level Dual-Boost Inverter (TLDBI) — Shunt Active Filter (SAF). The TLDBI uses a single DC source of low voltage magnitude and five switched capacitor arrangement to achieve self-balanced thirteen level output voltages. Moreover, the charging and voltage balancing of capacitor is achieved by proper switching sequence control in a series, through which boosted inverter output voltage levels are obtained. Compare with the tradional H-bridge Multilevel inverters (MLIs), all the elements in the proposed TLDBI are able to withstand a voltage stress which is equal to the input dc source. This feature ensures the performance of the proposed TLDBI in high-frequency applications. The power at the electrical grid is highly affected by wide range of non-linear loads. The proposed SAF is used to measuring and controlling the current flow from source to load. The difference between the targeted and actual currents from the utility grid is measured by using the modified Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) theory. The estimated error current is used by the controllers to predict the optimum suitable switching angle and Modulation Index (MI) to the TLDBI-SAF. In this work, the traditional Proportional-Integral (PI) controller, Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) and Proportional Resonant Controller (PRC) are compared and the results are presented to validate the performance of SAF. The stability and robustness of the proposed controller is evaluated using Bode, Root locus, and Nyquist plots. The modeling and analysis of the proposed system are done using MATLAB/Simulink environments. The simulation results are presented in the various MI of TLDBI and also subjected to non-linear load conditions. The results are also compared to the claim novelty of the proposed work.