Renewable Energy Source P-V conected to the grid through Shunt Active Power Filter based in P-Q theory

This paper presents the design and simulation of an active power filter (APF) supported by a PV plant. The system can operate in three different modes: APF, APF+PV and APF+PV+Px, which means the system functions as APF extracting the necessary energy to compensate harmonics and unbalances entirely from the grid, the second mode means that this energy is extracted from the PV, and the last mode allows to use all the power available in the PV system to feed the load, support the APF and to export PV energy to the grid. The system includes a PV generator, a DC/DC converter controlled with MPPT, and a voltage source converter (VSC) acting as APF. P-Q Theory algorithm is used to control the APF. The system is simulated on MATLAB/Simscape Power Systems toolbox on three scenarios.