Virtual Flux Sensorless Control for Shunt Active Power Filters with Quasi-resonant Compensators

Abstract

This paper presents a sensorless control strategy for pulsewidth modulated active filters. The complete solution uses only two current sensors, which are located in the grid interface. The compensation is performed by the imposition of sinusoidal current references in the grid, and does not require algorithms for disturbance estimation. The virtual flux concept for grid synchronization and multiple quasi-resonant compensators in the current scheme are employed for selective harmonic mitigation. A discretization analysis is presented in order to obtain a precise digital realization of the current controllers. It is proposed as a regulator for the direct-current bus voltage in the active filter, which employs only information of the modulated voltage and is compatible with the previous sensorless synchronization solution. Experimental results from a 1-kVA prototype converter are presented, covering the solution with and without the voltage sensor in the direct current bus. Analyses of stationary and transient responses are performed by using a six-pulse diode rectifier as nonlinear load.