Abstract
This paper presents an effective concept for hybrid fuel cell-photovoltaic-wind-battery active power filter (FC-PV-Wind-Battery) energy scheme based on the variable structure sliding mode fuzzy logic controller (SMFLC) using the multi-objective particle swarm optimisation (MOPSO). The parameters of the fuzzy logic control membership functions and the weighting factors of the SMFLC can be tuned by MOPSO in such an approach to optimise the dynamic performance of the shunt active power filter (SAPF) and minimise the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the source current waveform and voltage waveform of the hybrid (FC-PV-Wind-Battery). A group of objective functions was chosen to validate the dynamic performance of the SAPF and the effectiveness of the MOPSO-SMFLC. These selected fitness functions are: (i) minimising the error of the inverter capacitor DC voltage, (ii) minimising the THD of the output current and voltage of DC and AC sides and (iii) minimising the controller reaching time. A computer simulation study using Simulink/Matlab and experimental laboratory prototype were carried on to asses and compare the dynamic performance of the proposed MOPSO-SMFLC controller with the conventional proportional–integral–derivative, variable structure SMFLC, the feed-forward multilayer neural network controller and the variable structure SMFLC based on the single-objective particle swarm optimisation.