A PV-Active Power Filter Interface Scheme for Three Phase Balanced System

This paper presents a modified hybrid Controller based on instantaneous power-fuzzy controller (IPFLC) for a shunt active power filter (SAPF). The current produced by the AC source is polluted by harmonics injected by the non-linear loads. The supply system requires filtering by suppressing harmonic currents to improve power quality at interface bus. The filtering system consists of an LC filter and a SAPF. The proposed IPFL Controller for the SAPF is based on a combination of the p-q instantaneous power and the fuzzy logic strategy. In this part, two cases are studied, first the active filter is connected only to a capacitor by its dc side, and second case where the active filter is connected to a photovoltaic source or to a battery. The effectiveness, robustness and the dynamic speed of the proposed controller is validated and assessed using dynamic digital simulation. Digital Simulation results validated also the effectiveness of the active filter scheme with modified controller in reducing the source current THD from 25.87% to 0.83% which largely meets the standards of IEEE STD and International Electro-technical Commission (IEC). Digital Simulation and validation used MATLAB-SIMULINK Software Environment.