Experimental Investigation of a Single-Phase UPQC With Minimum VA Loading

The paper deals with an optimized unified power-quality conditioner (UPQC), which aims at the integration of series active and shunt active power filters with minimum volt-ampere (VA) loading of the UPQC. The series active filter is a dynamic voltage restorer (DVR), which regulates the voltage at the load end with minimum VA loading of the overall UPQC by injecting the voltage at an optimum angle. The proposed scheme is validated by an experimental prototype in the laboratory. Selected experimental results are reported along with analytical findings, which show the effectiveness of the proposed UPQC

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