Harmonic impact of LED lamps and PV panels

Author

Yang Wang ; Yazdanpanahi, Hesam ; Wilsun Xu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

5-8 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Power electronic technology has been widely employed in renewable energy systems, like photovoltaic(PV) generation systems, wind generation systems; in home appliances, like compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), LED lamps, microwaves. However, power electronic based devices are harmonic polluters, which could inject a relatively large amount of harmonics into the power grid relative to their power demand. This article presents a study of the harmonic current characteristics of two kinds of LED lamps and a photovoltaic panel. Equivalent CFL index is used to compare the harmonic effects of different harmonic sources and to quantify their relative severity.

Keywords

LED lamps; building integrated photovoltaics; fluorescent lamps; power system harmonics; CFL index; LED lamps; PV panels; compact fluorescent lamps; harmonic current characteristics; harmonic effects; harmonic impact; harmonic polluters; harmonic sources; home appliances; photovoltaic generation systems; photovoltaic panel; power demand; power electronic based devices; power electronic technology; renewable energy systems; wind generation systems; Current measurement; Harmonic analysis; Indexes; LED lamps; Power generation; Power system harmonics; Voltage measurement; LED lamps; equivalent CFL index; harmonics; photovoltaic panels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2013 26th Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Regina, SK

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0031-2

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2013.6567684

Filename

6567684