| Abstract |
Since their basic compensation principles were proposed in the 1970's, active filters have been studied by many researchers and engineers aiming to put them into practical applications.
At present, shunt active filters for harmonic compensation, flicker compensation or voltage regulation have been put on a commercial base in Japan, and their rating or capacity
has ranged from 50kVA to 50MVA. In near future, the term of active filters will cover a much wider sense than that of active filters in the 1970's did. The function of active filters will be expanded
from voltage flicker compensation or voltage regulation into power quality improvement for power distribution systems as the capacity of active filters becomes larger. This paper describes
present states of the active filters based on state-of-the-art power electronics technology, and their future prospects toward the 21st century, including the personal view and expectation of the author. |
