Even-harmonics concerns at an industrial facility using a large number of half-controlled rectifiers

Author

Mansoor, Arshad ; McGee, Jim ; Peng, Fang Zheng

Author_Institution

Appl. Center, EPRI Power Electron., Knoxville, TN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

15-19 Feb 1998

Firstpage

994

Abstract

This paper documents a case study at an industrial facility that uses a large number of half-controlled heater drives. Voltage and current waveforms, along with harmonic spectrums, are gathered from different locations within the facility. A harmonic interaction problem that caused failures in the pulse width modulated adjustable speed drives (PWM ASDs) that were installed in the existing air handling equipment within the heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system are analyzed by using the results obtained from measurements and modeling

Keywords

AC motor drives; HVAC; PWM power convertors; distribution networks; industrial power systems; power system harmonics; power system measurement; rectifying circuits; variable speed drives; 3-phase semi-converter; HVAC system; PWM; air handling equipment; current waveforms; even-harmonics; half-controlled heater drives; half-controlled rectifiers; harmonic interaction problem; harmonic measurement; harmonic spectrums; heating ventilation and air-conditioning; industrial facility; power distribution facility; pulse width modulated adjustable speed drives; voltage waveforms; Failure analysis; Harmonic analysis; Heating; Industrial plants; Pulse measurements; Pulse width modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Variable speed drives; Ventilation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1998. APEC '98. Conference Proceedings 1998., Thirteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4340-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.1998.654019

Filename

654019