Thesis (Ph. D.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. / Xiaoming Huo, Committee Member ; J. Stevenson Kenney, Committee Member ; Douglas Williams, Committee Member ; Erik Verriest, Committee Member ; G. Tong Zhou, Committee Chair. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-179).

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-157). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-147). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

With the increased attention on high efficiency and energy savings, power electronic energy conversion equipment is increasingly incorporated in all levels of the power system. The drawback of such equipment is the generation of nonsinusoidal currents in the power distribution network due to the nonlinear operation. Harmonic currents may distort the line voltages and lead to several unwanted effects including equipment overheating, system failure, interference with communication systems, etc. In response to these concerns, this research presents an active filter for the cancellation of harmonic line current distortion. The active filter used in this research is connected in parallel with the nonlinear load and is designed for a three-phase three-wire industrial power system. The filter consists of a voltage source inverter connected through a coupling inductor to the terminals of the ac-source. The inverter is controlled via a space vector-pulse width modulation (SVPWM) algorithm that is generated using a digital signal processor (DSP). In order to reduce the distortion resulting from the switching nature of the active filter inverter, a switching ripple filter is connected in parallel. The control algorithm of the active filter is based on the rotating reference frame theory. For each harmonic which is to be cancelled, a corresponding synchronous reference frame is generated to extract the harmonic phase and magnitude. With this information, each harmonic current component can be separately controlled and the proposed algorithm can therefore compensate for hardware effects such as measuring delays and component transfer functions. For the extraction of the harmonic components, a finite impulse response filter is used in order to quickly react to changing load currents. An adapting algorithm is implemented to compensate for slowly varying system parameters. Simulations under varying load and transient conditions are performed. The results show nearly perfect cancellation performance for the proposed active filter control algorithm. / Graduation date: 2001

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. / J. Stevenson Kenney, Committee Member ; G. Tong Zhou, Committee Chair ; W. Marshall Leach, Committee Member ; Ye (Geoffrey) Li, Committee Member ; Jianmin Qu, Committee Member. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103).

Thesis (Ph.D)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Chair: Zhou, G. Tong; Committee Member: Johnson, Ellis; Committee Member: Kenney, J. Stevenson; Committee Member: Li, Ye; Committee Member: Ma, Xiaoli. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

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Thesis (M. S.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Cressler, John D.; Committee Member: Laskar, Joy; Committee Member: Shen, Shyh-Chiang. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.