Design and Simulation of a Shunt Active Filter in Application for Control of Harmonic Levels

Nowadays, the active filters represent a viable alternative for controlling harmonic levels in industrial consumers’ electrical installations. It must be noted the availability of many different types of filter configurations that can be used but there is no standard method for rating the active filters. This paper focuses on describing the shunt active filter structure and design. The theoretical concepts underlying the design of shunt active filters are presented. To validate and highlight the performance of shunt active filters a Matlab-Simulink model was developed. Simulation results are also presented.