Title :
Three part harmony: system interactions leading to a divergent resonant system
Author_Institution :
Independent Testing & Maintenance Inc., Barberton, OH, USA
Abstract :
The technology to deliver to the market place efficient, low cost, and reliable thyristors with large stand off voltage and large saturation current capability, has led to nonlinear loads that corrupt the commercial 60 Hertz power distribution system. The combined effects of the switching harmonics, the poor power factor of nonlinear loads and the use of capacitors for power factor correction has led to a phenomenon that creates a transmission line resonance that has led to significant destructive failure mechanisms
Keywords :
distribution networks; load (electric); power convertors; power factor correction; power system harmonics; power transmission lines; switched mode power supplies; thyristor applications; 60 Hz; destructive failure mechanisms; divergent resonant system; nonlinear loads; power capacitors; power distribution system; power factor correction; power systems; saturation current capability; stand off voltage; switching harmonics; thyristors; transmission line resonance; Costs; Power capacitors; Power distribution; Power factor correction; Power system harmonics; Power system reliability; Power transmission lines; Reactive power; Thyristors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering Problems in the Rubber and Plastics Industry, 1994., IEEE Conference Record of 1994 Forty-Sixth Annual Conference of
Conference_Location :
Akron, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1805-6
DOI :
10.1109/RAPCON.1994.337330
