The invention relates to a chained
active power filter differentiation control method. A
cascade chain link unit is divided into a low-frequency module and a high-frequency module, the low-frequency module is used for generating a fundamental wave
voltage required to be output by a chained multi-level
inverter, and the high-frequency module is used for generating a
voltage, without the fundamental wave
voltage output by the low-frequency module, required to be output by the chained multi-level
inverter. According to a period recycle mode, a plurality of
chain link unit bodies selected from the
cascade chain link unit serve as the high-frequency module. In the
control period, the chain link unit body with the highest
direct current capacitor voltage, the chain link unit body with the lowest
direct current capacitor voltage, the chain link unit body with largest discharging to a
direct current capacitor from a
current pulse combination and the chain link unit body with largest charging to the direct current capacitor from the
current pulse combination are found, pulses of the chain link unit body with the highest direct current
capacitor voltage and pulses of the chain link unit body with the largest direct current capacitor discharging are exchanged, and pulses of the chain link unit body with the lowest direct current
capacitor voltage and pulses of the chain link unit body with largest direct current capacitor charging are exchanged. According to the chained
active power filter differentiation control method, the
system switch losses can be remarkably reduced, and the balance effect and the
compensation effect on the direct current capacitor voltages of the chain link unit bodies are guaranteed.