Harmonic compensation of commercial and industrial power systems

The harmonic currents drawn by many types of nonlinear loads have been described in the literature. However, there is still a need for a method for predicting the effects of combinations of three-phase and single-phase nonlinear loads. This paper presents a general method for estimating the root-mea...

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Main Authors: Dodroe, S.J., Radmer, D.T., Montgomery, R., Chen, J., Foertsch, J.S.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational modeling
Conductors
Current
Industrial power systems
Power distribution
Power quality
Power system harmonics
Student members
Total harmonic distortion
Transformers
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Summary:The harmonic currents drawn by many types of nonlinear loads have been described in the literature. However, there is still a need for a method for predicting the effects of combinations of three-phase and single-phase nonlinear loads. This paper presents a general method for estimating the root-mean-square (RMS) values of electric currents and total harmonic distortion (THD) due to any number of selected types of nonlinear loads on three-phase four-wire and single-phase three-wire distribution systems. Data was gathered from experimentation and was used to validate the proposed method. Results of simulations of various harmonic reduction and compensation techniques are also presented.< >
DOI:10.1109/TDC.1994.328367