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Power Quality Improvement By UPQC Using ANN Controller

Saleha Tabassum
1
, B.Mouli Chandra
2

(Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering KSRM College of Engineering, Kadapa.)
(Asst. Professor Dept of Electrical & Electronics Engineering KSRM College of Engineering,Kadapa.)


Abstract
Any electrical power system consists of
wide range of electrical, electronic and power
electronic equipment in commercial and industrial
applications. The quality of the power is effected
by many factors like harmonic contamination, due
to the increment of non-linear loads, such as large
thyristor power converters, rectifiers, voltage and
current flickering due to arc in arc furnaces, sag
and swell due to the switching of the loads etc.
Since most of the electronic equipment is
nonlinear in nature these will induce harmonics in
the system, which affect the sensitive loads to be
fed from the system. These problems are partially
solved with the help of LC passive filters.
However, this kind of filter cannot solve random
variation in the load current wave form and
voltage wave form. Active filters can resolve this
problem. However, the cost of active filters is high.
They are difficult to implement in large scale. The
Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC)
device combines a shunt active filter together with
a series active filter in a back-to-back
configuration, to simultaneously compensate the
supply voltage and the load current or to mitigate
any type of voltage and current fluctuations and
power factor correction in a power distribution
network, such that improved power quality can be
made available at the point of common coupling.
In this paper the compensation principle and
different control strategies used are based on PI &
ANN controller of the UPQC.

Key words - ANN controller, Harmonics, power
quality, Series active power filter, Shunt active
power Filter, three-phase four wire system
(3P4W), unified power quality Conditioner
(UPQC).

1. Introduction
The power electronic devices due to their
inherent nonlinearity draw harmonic and reactive
power from the supply. In three phase systems, they
could also cause unbalance and draw excessive
neutral currents. The injected harmonics, reactive
power burden, unbalance, and excessive neutral
currents cause low system efficiency and poor power
factor. The design of shunt active filter is described in
[3]. The use of the sophisticated equipment/loads at
transmission and distribution level has increased


Considerably in recent years due to the development
in the semiconductor device technology. The
equipment needs clean power in order to function
properly. At the same time, the switching operation of
these devices generates current harmonics resulting
in a polluted distribution system. The power-
electronics-based devices have been used to
overcome the major power quality problems [1], [2].
A 3P4W distribution system can be realized by
providing the neutral conductor along with the 3
power lines from generation station. The unbalanced
load currents are very common and an important
problem in 3P4W distribution system. To improve the
power quality by connecting the series active power
filter (APF) and shunt (APF).There are two types of
filters one is passive filters and another one is active
filters. In passive filters they are using L and C
components are connected. By connecting passive
filters the system is simple and cost is very low but,
so many disadvantages are there, that is resonance
problems and require filter for every frequency and
bucky. So active filters are chosen. The advantages
are filtering for a required range of frequencies, no
resonance problems and fast response. But these are
achieved with an increased cost. By connecting series
active filters the voltage harmonic compensation and
high impedance path to harmonic currents is
achieved. All these non-linear loads draw highly
distorted currents from the utility system, with their
third harmonics component almost as large as the
fundamental. The increasing use of non-linear loads,
accompanied by an increase in associated problems
concerns both electrical utilities and utility customer
alike [3].


2. The 3p3w Distribution System Utilizing
Upqc
Generally, a 3P4W distribution system is
realized by providing a neutral conductor along with
three power conductors from generation station.
Figure.1 shows the 3P3W system is connected to
UPQC. Maintaining the Integrity of the
Specifications if we want to upgrade the system now
from 3P3W to 3P4W due to installation of some
single-phase loads and if the distribution transformer
is close to the plant under consideration, utility would
provide the neutral conductor from this transformer
without major cost involvement.
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Figure.1: Block diagram of UPQC

In recent cases, this may be a costly solution
because the distribution transformer may not be
situated in close vicinity. Recently, the utility service
providers are putting more and more restrictions on
current total harmonic distortion (THD) limits, drawn
by nonlinear loads, to control the power distribution
system harmonics pollution. At the same time, the
use of sophisticated equipment or load has increased
significantly, and it needs clean power for its proper
operation. As shown in Figure.1 the UPQC should
necessarily consist of three-phase series transformer
in order to connect one of the inverters in the series
with the line to function as a controlled voltage
source. If we could use the neutral of three-phase
series transformer to connect a neutral wire to realize
the 3P4W system, then 3P4W system can easily be
achieved from a 3P3W system .The neutral current,
present if any would flow through this fourth wire
toward transformer neutral point. This neutral current
can be compensated by using a split capacitor
topology [4], [5], [6] or a four leg voltage source
inverter (VSI) topology for a shunt inverter [4],
[7].The four-leg VSI topology requires one additional
leg as compared to the split capacitor topology.VSI
structure is much easier than that of the split
capacitor. But here the UPQC design by using ANN
and PI controller is connected to 3P4W system. Thus,
the structure would help to realize a 3P4W system at
distribution load end. This would eventually result in
easy expansion from 3P3W to 3P4W systems. A new
control strategy to generate balanced reference source
currents under load condition is also proposed in this
paper and also UPQC design by using ANN
controller is also explained in the next section.

3. Design Of Upqc Controller
3.1. Description of Implementation of Series APF
In series APF the Inverter injects a voltage
in series with the line which feeds the polluting load
through a transformer. The injected voltage will be
mostly harmonic with a small amount of sinusoidal
component which is in-phase with the current
flowing in the line. The small sinusoidal in-phase
(with line current) component in the injected voltage



Figure.2: Line diagram of series active power filter.

Results in the right amount of active power
flow into the Inverter to compensate for the losses
within the Series APF and to maintain the D.C side
capacitor voltage constant. Obviously the D.C
voltage control loop will decide the amount of this in-
phase component. Series active power filter
compensates current system distortion caused by
non-linear load by imposing a high impedance path
to the harmonic current. The line diagram of series
active power filter is shown in below Figure.2.

3.2. Description of Implementation of Shunt APF
The active filter concept uses power
electronics to produce harmonic current components
that cancel the harmonic current components from
the non- linear loads. The active filter uses Power
electronic switching to generate harmonic currents
that cancel the harmonic currents from a non-linear
load. In this configuration, the filter is connected in
parallel with the load being compensated .Therefore
the configuration is often referred to as an active



Figure.3: Shunt Active Power Filter.

parallel or shunt filter. Figure.3 illustrates
the concept of the harmonic current cancellation so
that the current being supplied from the source is
sinusoidal. The voltage source inverter used in the
active filter makes the harmonic control possible
[13]. This inverter uses dc capacitors as the supply
and can switch at a frequency to generate a signal
that will cancel the harmonics from the non-linear
load. The control algorithm for series APF is based
on unit vector template generation scheme [8].Where
as the control strategy for shunt APF is discussed in
this section. Based on the load on the 3P4W system,
the current drawn from the utility can be unbalanced.

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3.3. Reference generation (Phase Locked Loop)
Reference currents and voltages are
generated using Phase Locked Loop (PLL). The
control strategy is based on the extraction of Unit
Vector Templates from the distorted input supply.
These templates will be then equivalent to pure
sinusoidal signal with unity (p.u.) amplitude. The
extraction of unit vector templates is shown in the
Figure. 4.

The 3-phase distorted input source voltage at
PCC contains fundamental component and distorted
component. To get unit input voltage vectors U
abc
, the
input voltage is sensed and multiplied by gain equal
to 1/V
m
, where V
m
is equal to peak amplitude of
fundamental input voltage. These unit input voltage
vectors are taken to phase locked lo
op (PLL). With proper phase delay, the unit vector
templates are generated.
U
a
= Sin (wt)
U
b
= Sin (wt-120) (1)
U
c
= Sin (wt+120)
Multiplying the peak amplitude of
fundamental input voltage with unit vector templates
of equation (1) gives the reference load voltage
signals,
V
*
abc
= V
m
. U
abc
(2)
In order to have distortion less load voltage,
the load voltage must be equal to these reference
signals. The measured load voltages are compared
with reference

Figure. 4: Extraction of Unit Vector Templates and 3-
Ph Reference Voltages

load voltage signals. The error generated is
then taken to a hysteresis controller to generate the
required gate signals for series APF. The unit vector
template can be applied for shunt APF to compensate
the harmonic current generated by non-linear load.
The shunt APF is used to compensate for current
harmonics as well as to maintain the dc link voltage
at constant level. To achieve the above mentioned
task the dc link voltage is sensed and compared with
the reference dc link voltage. A PI controller then
processes the error. The output signal from PI
controller is multiplied with unit vector templates of
equation (1) giving reference source current signals.
The source current must be equal to this reference
signal. In order to follow this reference current
signal, the 3-phase source currents are sensed and
compared with reference current signals. The error
generated is then processed by a hysteresis current
controller with suitable band, generating gating
signals for shunt APF.

3.4. Modulation method (Hysteresis Control)
The UPQC uses two back-to-back connected
three phase VSIs sharing a common dc bus. The
hysteresis controller is used here to control the
switching of the both VSIs.
3.4.1. Hysteresis control law for Series APF:
If (V
act
) > (V
ref
+ HB) upper switch of a leg
is ON and lower switch is OFF.
If (V
act
) < (V
ref
- HB) upper switch of a leg
is OFF and lower switch is ON.
3.4.2. Hysteresis control law for Shunt APF:
If (i
act
) > (i
ref
+ HB) upper switch of a leg is
ON and lower switch is OFF.
If (i
act
) < (i
ref
- HB) upper switch of a leg is
OFF and lower switch is ON.
where HB is the hysteresis band.

4. Implementation
The matlab/simulink models of 3P3W are
shown in Figure 5.without UPQC and Figure 6 shows
with UPQC. The load is realized by using a diode
bridge rectifier followed by a RL load. The distortion
in the supply voltage is introduced by connecting a
5
th
(20% of the fundamental input) and 7
th
(10% of
fundamental input) harmonic voltage sources in
series with the utility voltage. Both the series and
shunt APF's are realized by six IGBT switches each,
sharing a common dc link.

Figure. 5: Matlab/Simulink Model without UPQC


Figure. 6: Matlab/Simulink Model with UPQC

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5. Simulation Results
To verify the operating performance of the
proposed UPQC, a 3-phase electrical system, a PLL
extraction circuit with hysteresis controlled UPQC is
simulated using MATLAB software.

The simulation results are shown in the
Figure7 and Figure8. The matlab/simulink model for
APF is shown in Figure9. Both the series and shunt
APFs are put into the operation at different time
instant. First series APF put into the operation at a
simulation time of 0.1 sec. At time 0.2 sec. shunt APF
is put into the operation, such that both series and
shunt APFs are operated as UPQC.



Figure.7: Load voltage and Load current waveforms
without UPQC



Figure.8: Load voltage and Load current waveforms
with UPQC.

(a)

(b)

Figure.9: Matlab/simulink model of APF (a) APF
with ANN controller. (b) APF with PI controller.

It should be noted that, in spite of distorted
voltage at PCC, the unit vector template is pure
sinusoidal because of use of PLL. Initially both
APFs are not in operation the load voltage is equal to
the distorted input voltage deliberately consisting of
5th and 7th order voltage harmonics. As soon as
series APF is put into the operation at instant ' 0.1
sec.', immediately it starts compensating the load
voltage by injecting sum of 5th and 7th harmonic
voltage through series line transformer, such that the
load voltage is perfectly sinusoidal, as shown in the
Figure 10(b). The voltage injected by the series APF
is shown in the Figure10(c), which is nothing but the
sum of 5th (20%) and 7th (10%) harmonic voltages
in the supply.
Assuming the dc link capacitor is initially
charged at 1110V, when series APF starts
compensating the load voltage, the dc link voltage
starts going down from instant '0.1 sec' to '0.2 sec'. In
order to maintain the dc link voltage at required
constant level, the shunt APF is put into the operation
at instant '0.2 sec'. With in the very short time period
the shunt APF maintained the dc link voltage at
constant level. In addition to this the shunt APF also
helps in compensating the current harmonics
generated by the nonlinear load. The load current
waveform is shown


(a)
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(b)


(c)
Figure.10: series APF performance (a) Unit Vector
Templates (b) Load Voltage (c) Voltage Injected by
Series APF

in Figure 11 (a). It is evident that before
time '0.1 sec', as load voltage is distorted, so the load
current. As soon as the series APF put in to operation
at '0.1 sec' the load current profile is also improved.
The source current waveform is shown in Figure
11(b). Before time '0.2 sec', the source current is
equal to load current. But after time '0.2 sec', when
shunt APF starts maintaining dc link voltage; it
injects the compensating current in such a way that
the source current becomes sinusoidal. Current
injected by the shunt APF is shown in Figure 11(c).
Source Voltage and Current are shown in Figure
11(d).Voltage and current harmonics (THDs) with
and without UPQC are given in Table I.



(a)

(b)

(c)


(d)
Figure 11. Shunt APF Performance (a) Load Current
(b) Input Source Current (c) Current Injected by hunt
APF (d) Input Source Voltage and Source Current

TABLE I
VOLTAGE AND CURRENT HARMONICS (THDS) OF UPQC

Order of
harmonics
WITHOUT
UPQC
utility side
voltage
WITHOUT
UPQC
utility side
current
UPQC with
pi controller
utility side
voltage
UPQC with
pi controller
utility side
current
UPQC with
ANN
controller
utility side
voltage
UPQC with ANN
controller
Utility
side
curre
nt
3
rd
&5
th
4.2 24.2 2.99 2.99 1.2 1.2
5
th
& 7
th
4.2 24.6 3.42 3.42 1.19 1.19
7
th
&9
th
4.2 24.6 2.18 2.18 1.3 1.3

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6. Conclusion
Custom power devices like DVR, D-
STATCOM, and UPQC can enhance power quality
in the distribution system. Based on the power
quality problem at the load or at the distribution
system, there is a choice to choose particular
custom power device with specific compensation.
Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC) is the
combination of series and shunt APF, which
compensates supply voltage and load current
imperfections in the distribution system.
A simple control technique based on unit
vector templates generation is proposed for UPQC.
Proposed model has been simulated in MATLAB.
The simulation results show that the input voltage
harmonics and current harmonics caused by non-
linear load can be compensated effectively by the
proposed control strategy. The closed loop control
schemes of direct current control, for the proposed
UPQC have been described. A suitable
mathematical model of the UPQC has been
developed with different shunt controllers (PI and
ANN) and simulated results have been described
which establishes the fact that in both the cases the
compensation is done but the response of ANN
controller is faster and the THD is minimum for the
both the voltage and current which is evident from
the plots and comparison table1.

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