Field Tests of Active Power Filter (APF)

An active power filter (APF) was built by cooperation between power electronics lab of UM and Tsinghua University. The APF was installed in the feeder for the main square of the Gymnasium of University of Macau during Nov. 20th to Dec. 20th, 2007 for testing. The total harmonic distortion of the source currents reduce from 20% to around 9%. The reactive power and neutral currents are also compensated simultaneously by the AFP.


 


CPLD-implemented Soft-Switching for Two-Level Inverter --- Hardware prototypes and testing results

CPLD

CPLD-implement soft-switching for two-level inverter

 

Two-Level Active Power Filter (APF) --- Established by University of Macau & parallel part of the UPQC

CPLD-implement soft-switching
for two-level inverter

Two-level active power filter (APF)

Two-level voltage source
inverter for the filter

Compensation of the current harmonics and neutral current 

Before compensation After compensation

Compensation of the reactive power and harmonics

Before compensation After compensation

 

Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) --- Jointly established by Tsinghua University and University of Macau & series part of the UPQC

Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR)

DVR response time

 
Compensation of voltage fluctuation
Compensation of voltage sag
Before compensation
 
After compensation
 

 

Two-Level Hybrid Active Power Filter (HAPF) --- Established by University of Macau 

Front view Back view

Three-phase load voltage, source current and load current

Before compensation After compensation

Three-phase voltages, currents and power factors

Before compensation After compensation


Three-Level Active Power Filter (APF) --- Jointly established by Tsinghua University and University of Macau

DSP for reference calculations

Three-level active power filter (APF)

FPGA-based generalized pulse width modulator

Compensation of the reactive power and harmonics

Before compensation After compensation

 

 
   

Electric Power Engineering Laboratory, G/F, G020
Faculty of Science and Technology Building E11
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China
Last Updated:
Mar 2018