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Research on control system of DC voltage for active power filters with three-level NPC inverter

  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

Due to the limitation of voltage capability and current capability of power devices, it is very difficult to handle nonlinear loads for traditional active power filters(APF) with two-level inverter in high voltage high power grid. Three-level NPC inverter has been put into practical use for years especially in high voltage high power grid. The application of such converter to APFs is hindered by the problem of voltage unbalance of DC capacitors that leads to system instability. This paper presents a close-loop digital control algorithm of DC voltage for this APF. The PI controller regulates DC voltage in the outer-loop controller. In the current-loop controller, this paper researches the issues of neutral-point voltage control from the space vector PWM (SVPWM) point of view in detail. Then this paper proposes a simple neutral-point voltage control method. The experiment results illustrate that the performance of the proposed approach is satisfactory.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 23rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC
Pages1173-1178
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event2008 23rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC - Austin, TX, United States
Duration: 24 Feb 200828 Feb 2008

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Conference

Conference2008 23rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin, TX
Period24/02/0828/02/08

Keywords

  • Active power filter
  • DC voltage
  • Neutral point voltage control
  • PI control
  • Three-level NPC inverter

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