4. Conclusion

This article has presented multifunction converters (MFCs) as potential low-cost solutions for compensating the reactive and distorting power consumed by local loads. The advantage of using CMFs is that they ensure the improvement of electrical power quality, in particular current wave quality, without the addition of additional devices dedicated to this purpose [29]. Furthermore, the use of CMFs is motivated by the communicative nature of the emerging new microgrid concept and the intermittency of the renewable energy sources (RES) it incorporates. In this context, this paper has addressed the extension of the functionality of grid-side converters (CcRs) used to debit the power generated by RES in electric power transmission lines. It has been shown that CMFs can be implemented by simply modifying the control of the CcRs, adding an auxiliary function to compensate fully or partially for...