Harmonics and interharmonics compensation with active front-end converters based only on local voltage measurements

Salvatore D'Arco, Miguel Ochoa-Gimenez, Luigi Piegari, Pietro Tricoli

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Abstract

The current grid codes for distribution networks impose on operators to provide ancillary services, like fault ride through capability and reactive power compensation. In this context, generating units with power electronics interfaces could offer as an additional service the active compensation for harmonic and interharmonic currents introduced by other converters or distorting loads. Typically, the converters of these generating units do not have information on the distortion of either other loads or of the grid current. Thus, this paper presents a control algorithm for grid harmonics and inter-harmonics compensation that relies only on the measurement of the voltage at the point of connection of the unit. The reference for the compensating current is calculated from the harmonic components of grid voltage in the synchronous reference frame. The paper also addresses the influence on the compensation performance of the line impedance between the generating unit and the point of connection. Experimental tests on a laboratory setup fully validate the proposed compensation method.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)796-805
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume64
Issue number1
Early online date7 Jul 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2017

Keywords

  • active filters
  • distributed generation
  • inter-harmonic compensation
  • multiple-reference-frame

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