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Harmonics in Power System Om Prakash
Harmonics in Power System Om Prakash
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Electrical Engineering Student
Geetanjali institute of technical
studies
OM PRAKASH LOHAR
Outline
History of Harmonics
Linear and non-linear load
What are harmonics?
What cause harmonics?
Harmonic current flow
Harmonics components
What problem do harmonics create?
How do you know if you have a harmonics problem?
examples
If you have a harmonics problem, what should you
do?
Why harmonic unknown or untreated in electrical
distribution system?
How can we treat harmonics system?
Unexpected of harmonics created
History of harmonics
Power system have always had harmonics present.
In early 1890s harmonics were associated with
distorted current and voltage waveform shape on
transmission system.
They didnt cause a lot of problem in industrial setting
or office building as equipment was less
sophisticated.
Over the last fifteen years, the proliferation of
electronic device has brought subject up-front and
personal.
As the number of electronic devices increased, so did
the number of other harmonics creating devices.
There has been an explosion of microprocessor based
equipment which are also non-linear loads. Examples
include computer systems, variable frequency drives,
AC/DC converters, electronic ballasts, X-ray
Linear loads
Linear loads occur when the impedance is constant;
then the current is proportional to or the same as the
voltage
A linear element in a power system is a component in
which the current is proportional to the voltage.
Typical linear loads are incandescent lights and
motors,heaters
Linear load, the consumer pays for unused energy due
to distortion voltage.
Non-linear loads
Non linear loads occur when the impedance is not
constant; then the current is not proportion or the
same as the voltage.
The current drawn by non-linear loads is not sinusoidal
but is periodic, meaning that the current wave looks the
same from cycle to cycle.
Non-linear loads are low impedance so they use as
much as three times the peak current as a resistive
load.
Typical non-linear loads are electronic switch power
supplies, DC/AC drive and induction furnace/arc
furnace.
Non-linear load, the consumer pays more for unused a
energy due to both voltage and current distortion.
There are two basically two types of non-linear loads:
single phase and three phase.
How big is this problem?
Since 1965, the introduction of low cost, high efficiency
semiconductor devices has increased the use of
electronic( static) power converters throughout industry
in the form of variable speed drives for all type of
machinery.
After the 1973 oil embargo and associated rapid
increase in energy costs, it has been economical and
essential to utilize electronic power converters on large
systems, as well as to apply power improvement
capacitors to minimize the increased cost of energy.
These have also generated significant harmonics in
power systems.
In 1980, harmonics were recognized as a major
technical issue in the USA. Since then, the national
electrical code (NEC) has addressed the requirements
for equipment and system performance under influence
of harmonics for applications in highly non-linear load
Single phase vs. three phase load harmonics
1st term of the series (n=1) is called direct wave, and the
others harmonics according to their original, so that (n=2) is
the second wave.
If the function V(t) is symmetric in the proportion to origin the
series contains only odd terms.
General definition
There are several ways of describing the degree of distortion of a current
or voltage. Two that are frequently used are crest factor and total
harmonic distortion THD.
The crest factor of a voltage is equal to the peak value divided by the
peakvoltage
effective Crestfactor
(rms) value.
effectivevoltage
f 60 Hz
7 f 420 Hz
5 f 300 Hz
What are causes of harmonics?
Harmonics are create by a non-linear loads that draw a current
in abrupt pulses rather than a smooth sinusoidal manner.
Electronics switching power supplies/converters
Harmonics are created by increased use of non-linear devices
such as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) systems, solid
state variable speed motor drives, rectifiers and personal
computers.
Variable speed drives are usually referred to by the number of
rectifiers in the system.
Harmonic resonance occurs when the capacitor reactance and
the system reactance are equal.
All electronic loads generate positive & negative sequence
harmonic currents, single phase electronic loads connected
phase neutral in a 3 phase 4wires distribution system, also
generate zero sequence harmonic currents
Appliances:
TV set, air conditioners, washing machines, microwave
ovens and vacuum cleaners.
Harmonic current flow
Large harmonic currents will circulate between
transformer and capacitor. These currents will result
in greater voltage distortion.
When a non-linear load draws current, that current
passes through all of the impedance that is between
the load and system source. As a result of the current
flow, harmonic voltages are produced by impedance
in the system for each harmonic.
These voltages sum and when add to the nominal
voltage produce voltage distortion. The magnitude of
the voltage distortion depends on the source
impedance and the harmonic voltage produced.
If the source impedance is low then the voltage
distortion will be low.
If a significant portion of the load become non-linear
(harmonic currents increase) and/or when a resonant
condition prevails (system impedance
increases) the voltage can increased
How do you check for harmonics currents?
When non-linear loads are a considerable part of
total load in the facility (more than 20%) there is a
chance of a harmonic problem.
The amount of current distortion produced by the
non-linear loads.
Measure the current in the neutral of a 3phase 4 wire
system. If the neutral current is considerably higher
than value predicted from the imbalance in the
phase currents. There is a good possibility of heavy
presence of triplen harmonics.
Other signs of current harmonics include inexplicable
higher than normal temperature in the transformer,
voltage distortion and high crest factor.
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If you have a harmonics problem, what should you do?
How have some engineers dealt with harmonics in their system designs?
To improve system performance and provide the best possible environment
for the non-linear loads, a designers options have been limited to over-sizing
distribution transformer and shared neutral conductors.
As an alternative, branch circuits have been configured with separate neutral
conductor for each phase conductor. In either case, branch circuits have been
underutilized and limited in their length as a means of reducing voltage
distortion and neutral ground voltage (common mode noise) at the loads.
As an alternative to over-sizing conventional distribution transformers, many
designers have specified K-rated transformers. Unfortunately, a k-rated
transformers higher harmonics impedance cause increase in voltage
distortion.
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Ih(pu) is the harmonic current
2 2
K_rate
expressed in per unit; and
h 1
h is the harmonic number.
If you suspect there is a harmonics problem, evaluate the situation:
Compile good date on the symptoms.
Take good measurements of your system at various time during different operating
cycles
Invite a consulting engineer or power quality expert from your power supplier to
assess your systems.
Reducing harmonics
There are many ways to reducing harmonics, ranging from
variable frequency drive designs to the addition of auxiliary
equipment. The primary methods used today to reduce
harmonics are:
Power System design: harmonics can be reduced by limiting the
non-linear load to 30% of the maximum transformers capacity.
However, with power factor correction capacitors installed,
resonating conditions can occur that could potentially limit the
percentage of non-linear loads to 15% of transformers capacity.
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How can we treat harmonics
system?
Harmonic treatment can be performed by 2 methods:
Filter or cancellation
A harmonic filter consists of a capacitor bank and
inductor coil.
The filter is designed or tuned to the
predetermined none-linear load and to filter a
predetermine harmonic frequency range. Usually
this frequency range only accounts for one
harmonics frequency. This application is mostly
used when specified for a uninterruptible power
supplies UPS or variable frequency drive motor in a
manufacturing plant.
Harmonic cancellation is performed with harmonic
canceling transformer also know as phase shifting
transformers.
A harmonic canceling transformer is a relatively
Why are voltage and current harmonics a
Current harmonics are aproblem
problem because they cause
increased losses in customer and utility power system
components. Transformers are especially sensitive to this
problem and may need to be de-rated as much as 50%
capacity when feeding loads with extremely distorted
current waveforms.
In addition, current harmonics can distort the voltage
waveform and cause voltage harmonic.
Voltage distortion affects not only sentinel electronic load
but also electric motors and capacitor banks.
In electric motors, negative sequence harmonics (i.e. 5 th,
11th, 17th).
in Capacitor banks, is that the reactance (impedance) of a
capacitor bank decrease as the frequency increases. This
cause the bank to act as a sink or trap for higher harmonic
currents from the surrounding customer and/or utility
system. The effect is increased current, increased heating
and dielectric stresses that could lead to capacitor bank
failure.
IEEE standard STD 519
In 1981, IEEE guide for harmonic control and reactive
compensation of static power converters, originally established
levels of voltage distortion acceptable to the distribution system
for individual non-linear loads. With the rising increase usage of
industrial non-linear loads, such as variable frequency drives, it
became necessary to revise the standard.
On April 12,1993, the IEEE published revised a standard limiting
the amplitudes of current harmonics, IEEE recommended
practices and requirements for harmonics control in electrical
power system.
The establish recommended guidelines for harmonic voltages
on the utility distribution systems well as harmonics currents
within the industrial distribution system.
IEEE 519 voltage limit
IEEE standard 519
IEEE 519 Current limit, low voltage system