Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities. First EAI International Conference, SESC 2019, Braga, Portugal, December 4–6, 2019, Proceedings

Research Article

Advanced LoadShift System: An Experimental Validation of the ac-dc Converter as Shunt Active Power Filter

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-45694-8_20,
        author={Ana Rodrigues and V\^{\i}tor Monteiro and Tiago Sousa and Tiago Alves and J. Pinto and Jo\"{a}o Afonso},
        title={Advanced LoadShift System: An Experimental Validation of the ac-dc Converter as Shunt Active Power Filter},
        proceedings={Sustainable Energy for Smart Cities. First EAI International Conference, SESC 2019, Braga, Portugal, December 4--6, 2019, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={SESC},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={Current control Three-phase ac-dc converter Power quality Advanced load-shift system - theory},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-030-45694-8_20}
    }
    
  • Ana Rodrigues
    Vítor Monteiro
    Tiago Sousa
    Tiago Alves
    J. Pinto
    João Afonso
    Year: 2020
    Advanced LoadShift System: An Experimental Validation of the ac-dc Converter as Shunt Active Power Filter
    SESC
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45694-8_20
Ana Rodrigues1,*, Vítor Monteiro1,*, Tiago Sousa1, Tiago Alves1, J. Pinto1, João Afonso1
  • 1: University of Minho
*Contact email: arodrigues@dei.uminho.pt, vmonteiro@dei.uminho.pt

Abstract

This paper presents a load-shift system with advanced functionalities to interface the power grid (PG). When compared with the conventional approach, an advanced load-shift system (aLSS) permits the compensation of power quality (PQ) problems for the grid-side, namely problems related to current harmonics, current imbalance, and power factor. The proposed aLSS is composed by a bidirectional ac-dc converter to interface the PG and by a bidirectional dc-dc converter to interface an energy storage system (ESS). Since the main innovation is related with the PG interface, the focus of this work is on the analysis of the ac-dc converter, which is based on a three-phase four-leg converter. A theoretical study and the details concerning the control algorithm are presented and discussed along the paper. A laboratory prototype of the proposed aLSS was developed and the details of implementation are described in the paper. Experimental results obtained with the developed prototype prove that the aLSS contributes for the technology progress in this area, validating a new concept of operation concerning the PQ on the PG side.