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Ride-through features
T
he ideal quality of power supply is Adjustable speed drives are the most sensitive
characterised by electric power energy with equipment to prevent voltage sags; drives are
perfect sinusoidal waveform at a constant immediately tripped off when the DC bus voltage
frequency of specified constant voltage with least drops below the tripping level. There are two
amount of interruptions. Harmonics is one of the parameters involved in ride-through features. One
major factors due to which none of the conditions is the DC bus under voltage tripping level. The
are fulfilled in practice. Harmonics is defined as other is the ride-through time. In some cases,
the content of the signal whose frequency is an certain ride-through features, by way of changing
integer multiple of the systems fundamental new parameters of the drive system, are
frequency. The presence of harmonics distorts the recommended. Some parameters are user
waveform shape of the voltage and current, programmable, whereas others need changes
increases the current level, and changes in hardware in order to ride through the voltage
power factor supply, which in turn creates sag. The ride-through features can be achieved
many disturbances. in AC drives by changing user-programmable
Voltage sags is the most important cause of parameters.
interruption of industrial processes. Power quality
problems encompass a wide range of disturbances Harmonics distortion
such as harmonics distortion, swell transients, A growing power quality concern is harmonics
interruption, etc. But, voltage sags is a major distortion that is caused by the non-linearity of
source of power quality related problems. Poor customer loads. This concern has drawn much
power quality can affect industrial processes. attention from utilities, manufacturers of
equipment, and users. Harmonics distortion is load
Power quality sensitive; devices that draw non-sinusoidal current
Power quality problem is defined as any from sinusoidal voltage sources cause it.
problem manifested in voltage, current or Harmonics current, generated by non-linear loads,
frequency deviations that result in failure or interacts with power system impedance to give rise
malfunction of customer equipment. Harmonics, to harmonics voltage distortion. If this distortion
voltage flicker, voltage regulation, unbalance, exceeds the recommended limit it can cause
voltage sag, voltage swell, and interruption, usually motor, transformer, and neutral wire heating;
characterise the quality of electric power. Some of computers may exhibit data error or loss of data,
the power quality problems created by the drives and electronic process control may operate out of
are harmonics, notching, etc, being heavily sequence. Premature failure of power factor
dependent on the supply system configuration, correction capacitor is a common problem
process equipment design, system switching, and associated with harmonics distortion.
protection practices. Due to the wide use of
adjustable AC & DC drives in all industrial Harmonics mitigation techniques
applications, analysis of power quality problems is The generation of harmonics, whenever an
very important. adjustable speed drive is used, is inevitable. The