Technical gazette, Vol. 22 No. 2, 2015.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20130822153221
An approach for designing passive power filters for industrial power systems by using gravitational search algorithm
Salih Tosun
orcid.org/0000-0002-5698-6628
; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Duzce University, Technology Faculty, 81620 Duzce, Turkey
Ali Oztürk
; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Duzce University, Engineering Faculty, 81620 Duzce, Turkey
M. Mustafa Ertay
; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Duzce University, Technology Faculty, 81620 Duzce, Turkey
Mehmet Ali Yalçın
; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sakarya University, Engineering Faculty, Sakarya, Turkey
Ahmet Zengin
; Department of Computer Engineering, Sakarya University Technology Faculty, Sakarya, Turkey
Abstract
Harmonics are one of the important factors in determining the energy quality in power systems. Hence, eliminating or damping undesired harmonics is crucial in electrical power systems. Due to their low costs, Passive Power Filters (PPF) are widely used in industrial power systems to limit harmonics’ undesired affects. In this study, a new approach to design a PPF for power systems using heuristic Gravitational Search Algorithms (GSA) is proposed. Traditional Try and Error (TAE) method is, first, utilized to eliminate harmonics in our model power system. Then, GSA is adopted to minimize the effective current value of Point of Common Coupling (PCC) in the same model system. Our results yield that our proposed method with GSA eliminates the harmonics effectively.
Keywords
GSA; Passive Power Filters; power systems harmonics
Hrčak ID:
138094
URI
Publication date:
22.4.2015.
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