• Title/Summary/Keyword: Harmonics and reactive power

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A New Low Cost Hybrid Power Filter for Thyristor-Controlled Rectifier Load (싸이리스터 정류부하를 위한 새로운 저원가 복합형 전력필터)

  • 한성룡;김수근;석원엽;조정구;송의호;전희종
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.53 no.1
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    • pp.24-29
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    • 2004
  • A new low cost hybrid active filter for thyristor-controlled rectifier load is presented to overcome the high cost problem of the active or the other hybrid active filters. The proposed hybrid active filter which consists of tuned (5th and 7th harmonics) LC passive filters, power factor improvement(PFI) capacitor bank, and active filter compensates power factor as well as harmonic currents. Since most of harmonic currents are filtered by the passive filter and most of reactive power is compensated by the PFI capacitor bank, the power rating of active filter can be minimized, resulting in cost minimization of the proposed hybrid active filter. A 300kVA hybrid active filter system is implemented and tested using 1MVA thyristor rectifier load to verify the operation and performance.

Improvement of line Current using Instantaneous Real Power Compensation of DSTATCOM (DSTATCOM의 순시 유효전력 보상을 이용한 선로의 전류 개선)

  • Jeong, Su-Yeong;Kim, Tae-Hyeon;Mun, Seung-Il;Gwon, Uk-Hyeon
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.51 no.7
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    • pp.327-332
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, conventional reactive power compensation is defined and instantaneous real control concept for shunt converters is proposed. This equipment incorporates the compensation function of harmonics at the distribution line by nonlinear load. These methodologies are applied to IEEE 13 distribution system with the modeling of nonlinear load using EMTEDC/PSCAD package. Simulation with EMTDC results presented to confirm that the new approach has better performance than those obtained by controllers based on traditional concepts of reactive power compensation.

Diagnostic and Active Filtering of Harmonics Generated by Compact Fluorescent Lamps

  • Moulahoum, Samir;Houassine, Hamza;Kabache, Nadir
    • Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.162-168
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    • 2014
  • Use of nonlinear loads, such as power converters, fluorescent lamps and adjustable speed motor drives, is expected to grow rapidly. All of these loads inject harmonic currents. This paper presents the active filtering of the harmonic distortion generated by the compact fluorescent lamps (CFL). The Instantaneous active and reactive power theory (the p-q Theory) is used to design the control of parallel active filter. The control scheme has been verified using Matlab/Simulink with SimPower Systems through a set of simulation tests under different load conditions. Also, the tuning of the active power filter is performed to improve the quality of the electrical power supply.

Development of advanced Power Factor Computation Algorithm in Harmonics distorted Distribution System (고조파 왜곡 환경에서 향상된 역률 계측 알고리즘 개발)

  • Lee, Hyun-woo;Park, Young-kyun;Lee, Jinhan;Joung, Sanghyun;Park, Chul-woo
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.53 no.7
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    • pp.121-127
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    • 2016
  • We propose a algorithm to calculate power factor of fundamental waveform in an environment where the voltage and current have been distorted by harmonics. In the proposed power factor computation algorithm, voltage and current are converted to rotating DQ reference frame, and power factor is calculated from active power and reactive power. We compare the proposed method with the conventional power factor measurement method as mathematically. In a condition that voltage and current are distorted by harmonics, the proposed method accurately measure the power factor of fundamental wave, and it is confirmed by simulation using MATLAB. If the proposed power factor measurement method is applied to an automatic power factor control system, a power factor compensation performance can be maximized in harmonic distortion environment. As a result, it is possible to reduce electricity prices, reduce line loss, increase load capacity, ensure the transmission margin capacity, and reduce the amount of power generation.

A Study On The Application Of Active Power Factor Correction Circuit In Inverter Airconditioner (인버터에어컨에 능동역률개선회로 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Duk;Bae, Young-Dawn;Park, Yoon-Ser
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1996.07a
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    • pp.306-308
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    • 1996
  • The demands of minimizing the reactive power and reducing the current harmonics are increasing nowdays. The inverter airconditioner needs high inductive power and it operates with wide load ranges. Conventionally, an huge LC passive filter is used in airconditioner to improve the power factor and to reduce current harmonics which doesn't give good results. In this paper, a design of active power factor correction(APFC)circuit for inverter airconditioner is described. To improve the P.F and reduce the current THD, average current controlled APFC is designed and tested. The problems of APFC implementation, their solution and testing results are described.

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Analysis. Design and Control of Two-Level Voltage Source Converters for HVDC Systems

  • Mohan, D. Madhan;Singh, Bhim;Panigrahi, B.K.
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.248-258
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    • 2008
  • The Voltage Source Converter (VSC) is replacing the conventional line commutated current source converters in High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission systems. The control of a two-level voltage source converter and its design dealt with HVDC systems and various factors such as reactive power, power factor, and harmonics distortion are discussed in detail. Simulation results are given for the two-level converter and designed control is used for bidirectional power flow. The harmonics minimization is taken by extending the 6-pulse VSC to multipulse voltage source converters. The control is also tested and simulated for a 12-pulse voltage source converter to minimize the harmonic distortion in AC currents.

Sequence Control of Small-scaled ITER Power Supply for Reactive Power Compensation (무효전력을 보상하는 축소형 ITER 전원공급장치의 순차제어)

  • Heo, Hye-Seong;Park, Ki-Won;Ahn, Hyun-Sik;Jang, Gye-Yong;Shin, Hyun-Seok;Choi, Jung-Wan;Oh, Jong-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.932_933
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    • 2009
  • A technology based on thyristors will be used to manufacture the super-conducting coil AC/DC converters because of the low ratio of cost over installed power compared to a design based on GTO or similar technology. But phase-controlled converter suffers from fundamental disadvantage. They inject current harmonics into the input ac mains due to their nonlinear characteristics, thereby distort the supply voltage waveform, and demand reactive power from the associated ac power system at retarded angles. To overcome this disadvantage, in the case of two series converters at the DC side, connected to the same step-down transformer, apply for the sequence control. It is the most simple and efficient way to reduce the reactive power consumption at low cost. Analytical sequence control algorithm is suggested, the validity of the proposed scheme has been verified by experimental results with the small-scaled International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Power Supply to minimize reactive power consumption.

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Study of Power Quality Measurement U57 Windturbine (U57 풍력발전기 전력품질 실증연구)

  • Lee, Byung-Chul;Park, Hee-Chul;Hwang, Jin-Su;Ryu, Ji-June
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.310-314
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    • 2008
  • The exploitation of the wind energy resource is a rapidly growing area world-wide. The number of installed units is continuously increasing, and it is important to respect and to deal with the impact of wind turbine. This paper addresses the power quality characteristics of U57 Wind Turbine. 750kW gearless type wind turbine for low wind speed, named U57, is developed by UNISON. The power quality measurement system consists of measuring WTG output current, line-to line voltage and wind speed signal. With using measured data, power quality measurement is evaluated about maximum power, reactive power, voltage fluctuation, harmonics according to IEC 61400-21.

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Three-Phase Hybrid Shunt Filters for Power Quality Improvement

  • Bhuvaneswari, G.;G.Nair, Manjula
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.257-264
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    • 2007
  • Active power filters can be cost-effective for use in practical systems with the insertion of a few passive elements in shunt or series configuration. The resulting hybrid filters can be designed to provide dominant lower order harmonic elimination and reactive power support by the passive elements so that the burden on the active filter counterpart is reduced. In this paper, the rate reduction in the shunt active filter is estimated when it is connected in parallel with suitable passive tuned harmonic filters. The active filtering system is based on an appropriate control scheme. The simulation and the experimental results of the shunt active filter, along with the estimated value of reduction in rating, show that the hybrid shunt filtering system is quite effective in compensating for the harmonics and reactive power, in addition to being cost-effective.

A Study on the Power Factor Improvement of DC Power Regenerating Systems (직류전력 회생시스템의 역률개선에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon In-Sic;Seo Young-Min;Hong Soon-Chan;Yoon Duck-Yong;Han Sung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2001.07a
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    • pp.552-555
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    • 2001
  • This paper deal with the power factor improvement of DC power regenerating systems, which are composed of two inverters, zig-zag connected output transformers, and an AC filter. The output voltages of the inverter system are not sinusoidal. Regenerated complex power is analyzed on the basis of fundamental components and therefore the reactive power produced by harmonics is not considered. Therefore, it is needed a new control scheme capable of controlling the reactive power nearly to zero for nonsinusoidal case. Computer simulations are carried out to verify the validity of the proposed control scheme.

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