242 Int. J. Intelligent Engineering Informatics, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2017 Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Power quality improvement using fuzzy logic controlled voltage source PWM rectifiers Aziz Boukadoum* Department of Electrical Engineering, Labget Laboratory, University of Tebessa, Algeria Email: azizboukadoum@yahoo.fr *Corresponding author Tahar Bahi Department of Electrical Engineering, LASA Laboratory, University of Annaba, Algeria Email: tbahi@hotmail.com Abla Bouguerne Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Constantine, Algeria Email: bouguerneabla@yahoo.fr Abstract: In the last years, many papers about research on PWM rectifiers have been published, these converters are widely used in power electrical networks, wind and solar power AC-DC interfacing, and in many other industry applications. In this paper, the direct current control based on hysteresis fuzzy logic controlled three-phase voltage source PWM rectifier for eliminating harmonics and compensating reactive power simultaneously in a power system is presented. A detailed mathematical model of the system is described and analysed. The proposed strategies are used to obtained nearly sinusoidal input current, low harmonics distortion (THD), improve the power factor at the unity, regulation of DC-link voltage at the required level with better responses and excellent performance. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed strategy. Keywords: PWM rectifier; fuzzy logic; harmonic; power quality; simulation. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Boukadoum, A., Bahi, T. and Bouguerne, A. (2017) ‘Power quality improvement using fuzzy logic controlled voltage source PWM rectifiers’, Int. J. Intelligent Engineering Informatics, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp.242–252. Biographical notes: Aziz Boukadoum received her Master and Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, from Annaba University, Algeria. Her main research interests include power quality, and applications of intelligent control in power systems.