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Harmonic & Power Quality Analysis

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>> do you have power quality issues on your network?

You may have experienced one of the following: frequent failure of equipment, reduced life of equipment, production losses, reduced safety levels of installations, increased carbon footprint or non- compliance with utility regulations.

There are 3 significant sources of poor power quality caused by a variety of loads in customer installations.

Harmonic pollution
Load imbalance resulting in voltage imbalance
Reactive power

High voltage distortion can result in equipment failure, production time and costly repairs to the electrical distribution network. If power factor correction capacitors are installed on the system parallel resonance can occur amplifying harmonics currents and the adverse effects on the network.

>> what are harmonics?

Harmonics refer to the voltage and current harmonic distortion within an AC circuit. These harmonic currents may result in distortion of the supply voltage waveform and can adversely affect other equipment connected to the network by causing overloads or EMC interference.

>> where do they come from?
All non-linear loads create harmonics. A load which draws a non-sinusoidal (distorted) current, when a pure sinusoidal voltage is applied, is a non-linear load.

Typical sources of harmonics:

Industrial loads (mainly 3-wire systems) AC & DC drives, UPS systems
Commercial loads (mainly4-wiresystems) office equipment, computers,printers etc.

The diagram shows an electrical waveform with harmonic distortion.

If high levels of harmonics are detected from a site survey, an ABB PQF active filter is utilised and installed in parallel to the polluting loads. The filter monitors the line current harmonics, as well as the requirements programmed by the user. For each harmonic frequency, the filter generates a compensation current in perfect phase opposition to the polluting current. It can also be used to perform load balancing and power factor correction as well.

The PQF active filter range is suitable for small or large applications (30 A - 3600 A) and do not get affected by changes in network impedance (transformer paralleling, switch to backup generator), providing perfect filtering results.

arrange your harmonic and power quality consultation

Understand how to quantify, characterise and measure harmonics on your system and what methods are available to you.
With harmonic filter specialists on hand, Control Logic can supply, install and commision filters to suit your company requirements.
We have partnered with ABB, a trusted leader in active harmonics to assist in managing any power quality issue.

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Call 1800 557 705 or email services@control-logic.com.au to arrange a free consultation service.