Harmonic compensation of commercial and industrial power systems

Author

Dodroe, S.J. ; Radmer, D.T. ; Montgomery, R. ; Chen, J. ; Foertsch, J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Gonzaga Univ., Spokane, WA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

10-15 Apr 1994

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

102

Abstract

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

Keywords

compensation; digital simulation; distribution networks; load (electric); power system analysis computing; power system harmonics; commercial power systems; electric currents; harmonic compensation; harmonic compensation techniques; harmonic reduction techniques; industrial power systems; overloaded neutral conductors; power quality; root-mean-square values; simulations; single-phase nonlinear loads; single-phase three-wire distribution systems; three-phase four-wire distribution systems; three-phase nonlinear loads; total harmonic distortion; Computational modeling; Conductors; Current; Industrial power systems; Power distribution; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Student members; Total harmonic distortion; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Power Engineering Society

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1883-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.1994.328367

Filename

328367