Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is becoming an attractive estimation and regression technique in many control applications due to its parallel computing nature and high learning capability. There has been a lot of effort in employing the ANN in shunt active power filter (APF) control applications. Adaptive Linear Neuron (ADALINE) and feed-forward Multilayer Neural Network (MNN) are the most commonly used ANN techniques to extract fundamental and/or harmonic components present in the non-linear currents. This paper aims to provide an in-depth understanding on realizing ADALINE and feed-forward MNN based control algorithms for shunt APF. A step-by-step procedure to implement these ANN based techniques, in Matlab/ Simulink environment, is provided. Furthermore, a detailed analysis on the performance, limitation and advantages of both methods is presented in the paper. The study is supported by conducting both simulation and experimental validations.

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Application of Artificial Neural Networks for
Shunt APF Control
ABSTRACT:
Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is becoming an attractive estimation and regression technique
in many control applications due to its parallel computing nature and high learning capability.
There has been a lot of effort in employing the ANN in shunt active power filter (APF) control
applications. Adaptive Linear Neuron (ADALINE) and feed-forward Multilayer Neural Network
(MNN) are the most commonly used ANN techniques to extract fundamental and/or harmonic
components present in the non-linear currents. This paper aims to provide an in-depth
understanding on realizing ADALINE and feed-forward MNN based control algorithms for
shunt APF. A step-by-step procedure to implement these ANN based techniques, in Matlab/
Simulink environment, is provided. Furthermore, a detailed analysis on the performance,
limitation and advantages of both methods is presented in the paper. The study is supported by
conducting both simulation and experimental validations.
KEYWORDS:
1. Shunt APF
2. ANN
3. ADALINE
4. Feed-forward MNN
SOFTWARE: MATLAB/SIMULINK
CONCLUSION:
In this paper, two widely used ANN based shunt APF control strategies, namely the ADALINE
and feed-forward MNN, are investigated. A simple step by step procedure is provided to
implement each method in Matlab/Simulink environment. The ADALINE is trained online by

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the LMS algorithm, while the MNN is trained offline using the SCG backpropagation algorithm
to extract the fundamental load active current magnitude. The performance of these ANN based
shunt APF controllers is evaluated through detailed simulation and experimental studies. Based
on the study conducted in this paper, it is observed that the ADALINE based control technique
performs better than the feed-forward MNN. For untrained load scenario, the feed-forward MNN
fails to extract the fundamental component, resulting in overcompensation from the dc link PI
regulator. On contrary, the online adaptiveness of ADALINE makes it applicable to any load
condition.
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