In recent years there has been considerable interest in the development
and applications of active power filters because of the increasing
concern overpower quality, at both distribution and consumer levels.
Active power filter and passive filters (APF and PF) are the traditional
ways of compensating for harmonics. Active filtering of electric power
has now become a mature technology for harmonic compensation. However,
both of the two ways have some disadvantages, namely resonance and
tuning problems in passive filters, and capacity, rating, initial and
running cost in active power filter. As a result, various hybrid filter
topologies have been developed which combine the advantages of both
passive and active filters. The Hybrid power filter is consisting of a
passive filter connected in with an active power filter. In this book,
power quality improvement based on hybrid power filter is analyzed for a
non-linear RL-load connected to a three-phase ac supply which can
improve the power quality.