Numerical Problems on Active Power Filters _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.

A single-phase shunt active power filter (SAPF) is employed for harmonics currents and reactive power compensation for a single-phase 230 ! "0 #$ fed thyristor fully controlled %ridge converter drawing 30 A constant dc current operating at 30& firing angle of its thyristors' (alculate the current! voltage and A rating of the SAPF to provide (a) only harmonic compensation! (%) only reactive power compensation and (c) harmonic and reactive power compensation at unity power factor' )et the supply is stiff enough so that the distortion in voltage at the point of common coupling is negligi%le' 2. A three-phase shunt active power filter (SAPF) is employed for harmonics currents and reactive power compensation for a three-phase *+" ! "0 #$ fed thyristor %ridge converter feeding a resistive load of +0 ohms with very high inductor at 30& firing angle of its thyristors' (alculate (a) fundamental active power drawn %y the load! (%) fundamental reactive power drawn %y the load! (c) A rating of APF to provide (i) only harmonics current compensation! (ii) only reactive power compensation and (iii) full harmonics current and reactive power compensation at unity power factor' )et the supply is stiff enough so that the distortion in voltage at the point of common coupling is negligi%le' 3. A three-phase shunt active power filter (APF) is employed for harmonics current compensation for a three-phase **0 ! "0 #$ fed diode %ridge converter drawing +00 A constant dc current' (alculate (a) active power drawn %y the load! (%) the current rating of the APF! (c) the voltage of the APF! (d) the A rating of the APF to provide harmonics current compensation at unity power factor! (e) value of dc %us voltage of APF! (f) value of ac inductor of APF! and (g) value of dc %us capacitor of APF' (onsider the switching fre,uency of 20 -#$ and dc %us voltage has to %e controlled within +0. range and ripple current in inductor is 2'".' )et the supply is stiff enough so that the distortion in voltage at the point of common coupling is negligi%le' 4. A three-phase shunt active power filter (APF) is employed for harmonics current compensation for a three-phase *+" ! "0 #$ fed +2pulse diode %ridge converter drawing "00 A constant dc current' /t consists of an ideal transformer with single primary star connected winding and two secondary windings connected in star and delta with same line voltages and unity turns ratios to provide 300 phase shift %etween two sets of three-phase output voltages' 1wo 2-pulse diode %ridges are connected in series to provide +2-pulse ac-dc converter' (alculate the active power drawn %y the load! the current! voltage and A rating of the APF to provide harmonics current compensation at unity power factor' )et the supply is stiff enough so that the distortion in voltage at the point of common coupling is negligi%le' 5. A three-phase shunt active power filter (SAPF) is employed for harmonics currents and reactive power compensation for a threephase *+" ! "0 #$ fed +2-pulse thyristor %ridge converter drawing *00 A constant dc current at 30& firing angle of its thyristors' /t consists of an ideal transformer with single primary star connected winding and two secondary windings connected in star and delta with same line voltages and unity turns ratios to provide 300 phase shift %etween two sets of three-phase output voltages' 1wo 2-pulse thyristors %ridges are connected in series to provide +2-pulse ac-dc converter' (alculate (a) fundamental active power drawn %y the load! (%) fundamental reactive power drawn %y the load! (c) A rating of APF to provide (i) only harmonics current compensation! (ii) only reactive power compensation and (iii) full harmonics current and reactive power compensation at unity power factor' )et the supply is stiff enough so that the distortion in voltage at the point of common coupling is negligi%le' 6. A three-phase shunt active power filter (SAPF) is employed for harmonics currents and reactive power compensation for a three-phase **0 ! "0 #$ fed +2-pulse thyristor %ridge converter drawing "00 A constant dc current at 20& firing angle of its thyristors' /t consists of an ideal transformer with single primary star connected winding and two secondary windings connected in star and delta with same line voltages and unity turns ratios to provide 300 phase shift %etween two sets of three-phase output voltages' 1wo 2-pulse thyristors %ridges are connected in series to provide +2-pulse ac-dc converter' (alculate (a) fundamental active power drawn %y the load! (%) fundamental reactive power drawn %y the load! (c) A rating of APF to provide (i) only harmonics current compensation! (ii) only reactive power compensation and (iii) full harmonics current and reactive power compensation at unity power factor' )et the supply is stiff enough so 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333