Custom power device such as shunt active filter ‫ مرشح فعال تفرعي‬is used to improve the quality of power

in distribution system by injecting reactive and harmonic currents. Hysteresis current control ‫متحكم تعويق‬
‫ مغناطيسي للتيار‬is one of the simplest techniques used to control the magnitude and phase angle of the
current injected by shunt active filter. , simulation of single phase Shunt Active Filter (SAF) is carried out.
The simulation results presented in this paper illustrate the performance of shunt active filter in
mitigating the source current harmonics and improving the input power factor. The simulation is carried
out using MATLAB/SIMULINK .

The simulation study on a single-phase, 50-Hz, 75 V (peak) distribution system feeding a single phase
diode rectifier with RL load has been carried out in MATLAB 7.4. The Simulink model of the distribution
network with shunt active filter is shown in

Distribution Network with Shunt Active Filter

the distribution network is supplied with a voltage of 75 V (peak). The

simulated and experimental waveforms of the source voltage. The single phase rectifier fed RL load
draws a non sinusoidal current from the source . When the SAF is connected with the circuit, the load
current changes. This change in load current is observed due to the compensation effected by the shunt
active filter. The injected current through the shunt transformer with the hysteresis band and the
corresponding pulse pattern . This compensation current when injected makes the source current
sinusoidal and harmonic free The load current, the current injected by SAF and the compensated source
current are shown in Figs. The source voltage (C1) load current (C2) and the compensated source
current (C3) are shown in Figs. And These results clearly depict the improvement in input power
factor .The harmonic spectrum of the source current before and after compensation obtained from
simulation and experiment are shown in Figs respectively. The THD of the source current improves from
11% to 4% which is within the limit of IEEE 519 harmonic standard. The experimental measurement of
input power factor before and after compensation is shown in Figs.

It can be clearly observed that the input power factor is improved from 0.91 to unity.

The simulation and of single phase shunt active filter have been carried out. Hysteresis current control is
implemented in the present study for harmonic elimination of source current.

This paper presents a comparison analysis between two engineering software platforms
Matlab/Simulink & PSIM, The comparison analysis is based on studying the design simplicity of
themodule, time consumed in building of the module, accuracy,functionality, simulation time, and the
acceptability of obtained results The simulation results states that Matlab/Simulink is a suitableplatform
for control and regulation of simulation processes, in additional to its dominant role in conducting
research tasks. Conversely, PSIM is dedicated to power electronic circuits and machine simulation tasks
with fast and robust algorithms and suitable for educational purposes.
This paper describes modeling of various power electronics circuits by using Matlab/Simulink and PSIM
with respect to output quantities, switch parameters and signal behavior for the following circuits:

 Single-Phase Uncontrolled Rectifier

The circuit configurations for both simulation platforms are displayed in Fig.1 and Fig.2 for single-phase
uncontrolled rectifier energizing resistive-inductive load withdata: source voltage of Vs=110V; frequency
of 50 Hz, load resistance and inductance respectively RL=10,L=100mH), while simulation results in the
form of main circuit waveforms are illustrated in fig. 3 for both simulation tools .

where it is clearly shown that Simulink has advanced features in simulation functionality and data
tracking, while PSIM has advanced features in building the module, data extraction and graphical
display.

Parameter Simulink PSIM

Building the model Complicated Simple
Simulation time for 20 Large time Negligible time
cycles )
Graph display Needs additional Simple and directly
interference, but displayed with
with large features less features.
Functionality Multifunctional Less functional
Data flow and extraction Complicated Simple
Research capability Advanced capabilities Less capabilities
Median of the voltage 66.52 V 69.69V
Mean value of the voltage 63.86 V 67.46V
Standard deviation 12.31V 6.442V
The obtained analytical results states that PSIM has standard deviation of =6.422 which indicates that
the obtained results are clustered around the mean value

PSIM is dedicated for power circuits and machine simulations with a fast and robust algorithm. The Sim-

Coupler Module is an add-on module to the basic PSIM software. It provides interface between PSIM
and Matlab/Simulink for co-simulation

Both software platforms have their strengths and weaknesses when being used as simulation tools in

power electronics courses.

With respect to the educational point of view, PSIM has the simplest approach on which to build and on

which to extract the results rather than Matlab/ Simulink.

 With respect to the research point of view, Simulink has advanced tools with rich system functionality
and simulation capability. The Simulink platform permits detailed study of the circuit behaviors and
transient processes