A Novel Series Power Quality Controller With Reduced Passive Power Filter

A novel variable reactor is presented in this paper. The principle of the novel variable reactor is simply addressed. The equivalent impedance of primary winding of the transformer will vary with the ratio between the primary and the secondary voltages. For the proposed variable reactor, a novel series power quality controller (SPQC) is developed and its principle is analyzed in detail. The SPQC greatly improves the power utility impedance to harmonics instead of the fundamental and plays the role of isolating the harmonics. Because the novel SPQC is with very high impedance to harmonics, the passive power filter can be reduced. Accordingly, three kinds of reduced single-phase passive power filters are presented. The comparison criterion of reducing passive power filter is described. The SPQC is characterized by perfectly isolating the harmonics, simplified passive power filter design, small rating, and being suitable for two kinds of harmonic sources. The validity of the novel SPQC and excellent filtering characteristic are verified by the experimental results.