Our active filters correct 5 power quality problems:
Active filters are used to mitigate some power quality problems by injecting a compensation current into the system that is out of phase with the harmonic currents, effectively cancelling them out. This improves power quality and increases overall system efficiency. In addition, it can be used to improve the performance of distributed generation systems, such as solar PV and wind power systems, to meet grid connection standards and improve grid power quality.
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The SMARCTIVE corrects the main power quality issues
Corrects power factor by injecting a forward or reverse current to counteract reactive power in the system. This helps improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs.
Eliminate harmonic distortion by detecting harmonic current and injecting a corresponding current in the opposite direction. This helps improve power quality and protect equipment from damage.
Eliminate harmonic distortion by detecting harmonic current and injecting a corresponding current in the opposite direction. This helps improve power quality and protect equipment from damage.
Regulates voltage levels by injecting or absorbing reactive power to maintain a stable voltage level. This helps prevent voltage fluctuation that can cause visual disturbances in lamps and other electrical devices, as well as problems on the power grid.
Regulates voltage levels by injecting or absorbing reactive power to maintain a stable voltage level. This helps prevent voltage sags and surges, which can cause equipment damage and unscheduled shutdowns.
Just as noise-canceling headphones have a microphone that listens for ambient noise and generates an opposing sound wave to cancel it out, an active filter has a measurement system that "listens" for noise in the power system and generates a compensating current to cancel out that which is less than ideal.
In short, an active filter is like noise cancelling headphones for the power system, it uses active technology to reduce unwanted harmonic distortion, correct power factor and improve the voltage regulation and unbalance of the power grid.
The SMARCTIVE is a Shunt active filter with artificial intelligence (AI) that offers several advantages over one with fixed algorithms
The SMARCTIVE 2.0 being an AI driven APF can choose between 4 different control algorithms and depending on the system conditions, it chooses which of those algorithms is the most suitable to decrease switchover losses, i.e. it operates more efficiently.
The versatility of our active filter allows it to be a unique solution for different problems.
Most electrical disturbances have common root causes. The SMARTCIVE filter is capable of correcting most of them.
Passive and active harmonic filters are used to improve power quality, but they do it differently.
Solves 5 of 8 power quality problems.
Active filters use power electronics to actively generate a reverse compensation current to cancel various harmonic components and improve power factor or other power quality parameters, such as voltage regulation and unbalance, i.e. they can solve 5 of the 7 main power quality problems.
Solves 2 of 8 power quality related problems.
Passive filters, on the other hand, do not use active power electronics. They use passive components such as reactors and capacitors tuned to a specific frequency to filter out a specific harmonic component and reduce the consequent harmonics. Passive filters can also compensate reactive power to improve power factor, solving 2 of the 7 main power quality problems.
There are several types of active harmonic filters, which include:
1. current source active filter
Active voltage source filters
3. Series active filter
4. Shunt active filter
5. Adaptive active filters
Active filters (APFs) such as the SMARCTIVE use power electronic devices such as IGBTs (insulated gate bipolar transistor) to reduce harmonic distortion in the power system. IGBTs are used in AHF for several reasons:
- High frequency switching
- High power handling capability
- High voltage rating
- Efficiency
- Cost-effectiveness
This 2023 will see the release of SMARCTIVE 2.0 a Shunt-Adaptive active filter with artificial intelligence (AI) that offers several advantages over one with fixed algorithms. With a fixed algorithm, the filter requires initial configuration to determine what problem it needs to solve, such as what harmonics to filter out, how much of its total capacity to devote to mitigating harmonics, how much to improving power factor and how much to avoiding voltage unbalance. In contrast, the SMARCTIVE 2.0 being an AI-driven APF can perform self-diagnosis, to modify these parameters and ratios dynamically in real time based on changes in load conditions and the electrical system to which it is connected.
