Active power line conditioners for power quality improvement - A prospective

Abstract

Active Power line Conditioning (APLC) of electric power has now become a mature technology for eliminating harmonics and reactive power compensation in two-wire (single-phase), three-wire (three-phase without neutral) and fourwire (three-phase with neutral) ac power networks. 'This paper presents a comprehensive status of APLC configurations, control strategies, selection of components, and related economic and technical considerations. It is aimed to provide a broad prospective on the status of APLC technology to researchers and application engineers dealing with power quality issues.