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CONVERSION SYSTEMS.
BY:
A.SIREESHA
C.S.ROHINI
IIIB.TECHEEE
IIIB.TECHEEE
Email:siree276@yahoo.com
Email:rohinics_270@yahoo.co.in
ABSTRACT
Power electronics and power quality
are irrevocably linked together as we strive to
harmonicsandmethodstominimizeharmonics.
Finally we discuss various IEEE Standards in
caseofpowerqualityproblems.
Introduction
Thetermpowerqualitymeans
devices,wehaveseentheemergenceofpower
qualityasamajorfieldofpowerengineering.
suppliers,powerqualityinitiallyreferstoquality
areoftencauseforconcern.Fromutilitysupply
reliability.
party.Itwasfromhisinitialperspectivethatthe
qualityalsocentersaroundtheirabilitytousethe
fieldofpowerqualityemerged.
deliveredenergyinthedesiredmanner,butthe
andincludemagnitudeanddurationofdifferent
systemsthatcreatePowerqualityproblemscan
eventsaswellaswaveshapeconcerns.
alsobeusedtosolvepowerqualityproblems."
Problems solving applications such as active
I.Categoriesofpowerquality:
harmonicfilters,Uninterruptiblepowersupplies
allutilizethesameswitchingdevicetechnology
frequency,
astheproblemcausingapplications.
2.Voltagesags,
3.Grounding,
4.Harmonics,
Inthispaperwefirstdiscusswhatpower
5.Voltagefluctuationsandflicker,
qualityisandthenvariousCategoriesofpower
6.Transientsand
7.Monitoringandmeasurement.
Voltagesagsareprobably
II.Reactivepowerandharmoniccompensation:
1.Typicalharmonicsproducedbyequipments
problems.Atthistime,anumberofstandards
2.Harmonicfilters
1.STEADYSTATEVOLTAGEFREQUENCYAND Inmostcases,sagsaregenerallyagreedtobe
MAGNITUDE:
Frequencydeviationscan
affectpowerelectronicequipment
Becausetheelectricalsystemisacontinuous
thecontrolledsignalsarederivedfromasignal
havesomeimpactonvoltagesthroughoutthe
thatisphaselockedwiththeappliedvoltage.
networkofcourse,areasclosertothefaulted
convertersconsistofuncontrolledrectifiers.In
voltageregulationisamuchmorepronounced
issuethatcanimpactawiderangeofendues
exposureoflowvoltagesystemstothecauses
ofshortcircuits.
companiesdoaveryeffectivejobofproviding
Mostutilitycompaniesimplement
carefullyregulatedvoltagewithinpermissible
offerequipmentthatistolerantofsteadystate
suppliedfromthesamesubstationtransformer.
sensitiveelectronicequipment,canbeeffected
byvoltagedeviatingoutsidethe+10%range
circuitrecluse(ACR)andshowsonefusedtap.
inmostcasesovervoltagesabove+10%lead
Voltagesagsareprobablythemostcommon
overvoltagescanimmediatelyfailequipment.
Undervoltagesbelow10%usuallyleadto
improperequipmentgroundingisresponsible
problemsonthecustomerssideofthemeter.
Thegroundloopproblemisasignificant
issuewhenpower,communications,andcontrol
signalsall originates indifferent locations,but
come together at a common electrical point.
Transient include in one location can travel
through the created ground loop, damaging
equipment along the way. Improper neuralto
groundconnectionswillcreateanoisyground
reference that may interfere with lowvoltage
communicationsandcontroldevices.Excessive
neuraltogroundvoltagemaydamageequipment
that is not properly insulated or that has an
3Grounding:
inexpensivepowersupply.
Groundingofequipment was
originally conceived as a personal safety
issue.However, the presence of an electrical
conductorthatiszeropotentialhasbeenwidely
used in many power electronic and
microprocessorscontrolledloads.
Fromapowerqualityperspective,
impropergroundingcanbeconsideredintothree
broadcategories:
Inmostcasespowerelectronic
equipment is considered to be the cause of
harmonics. While switching converter of all
types produces harmonics because of the non
linear relationship between the voltage and
currentacrosstheswitchingdevices,harmonics
are also produced by a large variety of
1.
groundloops,
2.
improper
connections,and
3.
4.Harmonics:
conventionalequipmentincluding:
neuraltoground
Excessiveneuraltogroundvoltage.
powergenerationequipment
(slotharmonics),
induction motors (saturated
magnetics),
transformer (overexitation
Transients,especiallyinthevoltage
supply, can create numerous power quality
leadingtosaturation),
problems.Themajorsourceoftransientsis
magneticballast fluorescent
lampsarcing),and
Ac electric arc furnaces
(arcing).
1.
lightning,
2.
Allthesedeviceswillcauseharmoniccurrentsto
flow,andsomedevicesactuallydirectlyproduce
3.
capacitorswitching,and
voltageharmonics.
4.
Loadswitching.
Lightningeventscancreatethemostsevere
Any ac current flow trough
overvoltages,butthesetransientsdecay
Rapidly,atypicallightningtransienthasdecayed
voltagedropatthatsamefrequency.Harmonic
tozeroinafewhundredmicroseconds,
Butitcanreachapeakmagnitudeofseveral
electronicloads,willproducevoltagedropinthe
powersupplyimpedanceatthosesame
suppressiondevices.
7.MonitoringandMeasurements:
Themostbasiccategoryof
powerqualitymeasurementtoolisthehandheld
voltmeter.Itisimportantthatthevoltmeterbea
truerms meter, or erroneous readings will be
obtained that incorrectly suggest low or high
voltages when harmonics are present in the
signal.Itisespeciallyimportanttohavetruerms
capability when measuring currents; voltage
distortionisnottypicallysevereenoughtocreate
component.
meters.
2.
II.REACTIVE
POWER
Unbalanceinvoltagesuppliedto
the production of evenorder
and
harmonicsand,insomeextreme
HARMONICCOMPENSATION:
stabilityproblems.
powerqualityproblem.Inthatdiscussionitwas
3.
Arcingloads,particularlyinthe
adjustablespeeddrivescreateharmoniccurrents,
orders,includingharmonicsthat
voltagesareproduced.
arenotintegermultiplesofthe
powerfrequency.
4.
Cycloconverters
produce
Equipment:
Intheory,mostharmoniccurrents
sidebandcomponentscanreach
damaginglevels.
1.
switchingmodepowersupplies,
such as found in televisions,
personal computers, etc., often
produceathirdharmoniccurrent
thatisnearlyaslarge(8090%)
2HarmonicFilters:
Harmonicfilterscomeinmany
shapeandsize.Ingeneral,harmonicfiltersare
shunt filters because they are connected in
parallel with power system and provide low
impedancepathstogroundforcurrentsatoneor
more harmonic frequencies. For power
applications, shunt filters are almost always
more economical than series filters for the
followingreasons:
1.
Seriescomponentsmustberated
forthefullcurrent,includingthe
power frequency components.
Sucharequirementleadstolarge
2.
IEEE5191992establishthepoint
costs.
ofcommoncoupling,orPCC,asthepointatwhich
Shuntfiltercomponentsgenerally
mustberatedforonlypartofthe
system
practice),thispointwillbe:
voltage.
Such
1.
singletunedfilters,
2.
multipletunedfilters,and
3.
Dampedfilter.
< 11
11 < h < 17
17 < h < 23
< 50
2.5
2.0
1.0
0.75
0.3
> 50
3.75
3.0
1.5
1.15
0.45
Insupplysystem ownedbytheutility
company,
Inthiscontext,IEEE5191992harmonic
limitsaredesignedforanentirefacilityandshould
not be applied to individual pieces of equipment
withoutgreatcarebecausethe
PCCisusedtoevaluateharmoniclimitcompliance,
system strength(impendence) is measured at this
point and is described in terms of available(three
III.IEEESTANDARDS:
23 < h <
maximumaveragedemandcurrentisevaluatedatthis
point
harmonicshasledtothereduction,elimination
.Maximumdemandisevaluatedbasedononeof
thefollowing:
groundings,sags,andvoltageflicker,aremost
the15or30minuteaverage
demand,
systems.Inreality,advancesinpowerelectronic
history,or
considering
usually
billing.
minimizethefinancialimpactsofthemajorityof
powerqualityproblems.
BIBLOGRAPHY:
service.
1.
ANSISTDC84.1
1995,
Electric
IEEE
Recommended
Practice for the
Design of Reliable
CONCLUSION
Industrial
Commercial power
and
systems.
phenomenahavebeendescribed,withparticular
focus on the implications on power electronic
3.
IEEE
Recommended
Practice
forcausingmostpowerqualityproblems,itis
Grounding
Industrial
commercial Power
reducingtheimpactofpowerproblems.Whileit
Systems.
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