Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 292178, 17 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/292178
Research Article

Analytical Modeling and Simulation of Four-Switch Hybrid Power Filter Working with Sixfold Switching Symmetry

1Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic
2Institute of Thermomechanics, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 5, 182 02 Praha 8, Czech Republic

Received 7 March 2012; Revised 3 July 2012; Accepted 6 August 2012

Academic Editor: Stefano Lenci

Copyright © 2012 Josef Tlustý et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Shunt active power filters are nowadays used for mitigation of harmonic currents from nonlinear loads. Current and voltage harmonics have negative effects on the operation of the electric power system. Thus, a great attention is focused on harmonic generation and control. Several standards have introduced limits on current harmonics injected into the power system and on voltage harmonics at the system busbars. The paper proposes a switching strategy for a four-switch converter as used in conventional six-switch converters. The voltage source converter is controlled by a unique space-vector modulation strategy proposed. Here is presented an analytical solution for a proposed active power filter topology, simulation, and experiments results proving the proposed strategy correctness and its characteristics.