RTDS hardware implementation and simulation of SHAF for mitigation of harmonics using p-q control strategy with PI and fuzzy logic controllers

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to develop PI and fuzzy controllers to analyze the performance of instantaneous real active and reactive power (p-q) control strategy for extracting reference currents of shunt active filters (SHAFs) under balanced, unbalanced, and balanced non-sinusoidal conditions. When the supply voltages are balanced and sinusoidal, both controllers converge to the same compensation characteristics. However, if the supply voltages are distorted and/or unbalanced sinusoidal, these controllers result in different degrees of compensation in harmonics. The p-q control strategy with PI controller is unable to yield an adequate solution when source voltages are not ideal. Extensive simulations were carried out with balance, unbalanced, and non-sinusoidal conditions. Simulation results validate the superiority of fuzzy logic controller over PI controller. The three-phase four-wire SHAF system is also implemented on a real-time digital simulator (RTDS hardware) to further verify its effectiveness. The detailed simulation and RTDS hardware results are included.

Key words： harmonic compensation; shunt active filter (SHAF); p-q control strategy; PI controller; fuzzy logic controller; real-time digital simulator (RTDS hardware)

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