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and with a zero shift phase, on the other side the neutral wire has to have a nil current
circulating toward the neutral of power system source. Figures 21, 22, 23 and 24 show the
behavior of the four leg inverter to compensation the harmonics in the current. The neutral
current of the source in nil as it is shown in Fig 24. Finally the current space vectors of the
load, the active filter and the source in the both frames and a b c are presented.


a
S
g
V

b
S c
S
f
S
a
V
b
V
c
V
f
V
af
V
bf
V
cf
V
a
T
a
T
b
T
c
T
f
T
f
T
c
T
b
T
a
T
3-phase
Non-linear
load
1-phase
Non-linear
load
3-phase
unbalnced
linear load
3-phase unbalanced non-linear load
sa
e
sb
e
sc
e
s
R
s
L
Power Supply
b
R
b
L
c
R
c
L
N
R
N
L
a
R
a
L
Ff
R
1 F
R
2 F
R
1 F
L
2 F
L
Ff
L
F
C
FC
R
sa
I
sb
I
sc
I
sN
I
Fa
I
Fb
I
Fc
I
FN
I
La
I
Lb
I
Lc
I
LN
I
3D-SVM
axis
axis
8 V
7 V
4 V 6 V 3 V
5 V
2 V
1 16 V V
15 V
12 V
14 V
13 V
9 V
10 V
11 V
V
g V 1
g V + 3
2
g V + 3
1
g V 0
g V 3
1
g V 3
2
g V 1
axis f c b a
S S S S

Fig. 20. Four-leg inverter is used as a Parallel Active Power Filter APF for ensuring a
sinusoidal source current.

1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-50
0
50
ILa
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Iaref
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Ias
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Iaf
Time (s)

Fig. 21. Presentation of the instantaneous currents of Load, reference, active power filter and
source of phase a
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1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
ILb
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Ibref
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Ibs
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Ibf
Time (s)

Fig. 22. Presentation of the instantaneous currents of Load, reference, active power filter and
source of phase b
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
ILc
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
Icref
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
Ics
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Icf
Time (s)

Fig. 23. Presentation of the instantaneous currents of Load, reference, active power filter and
source of phase c
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
ILn
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
Ifref
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
x 10
-14 Isn
Time (s)
1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.2
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
Iff
Time (s)

Fig. 24. Presentation of the instantaneous currents of Load, reference, active power filter and
source of the fourth neutral leg f