Harmonic Currents
Harmonic Currents
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I am weak on Harmonic currents, so I would like some opinions. I have a project for a small office area. The building is an existing shell. The service is 3 phase, 240 V, Closed, center tapped delta from the utility. I will have a couple of single phase panels (fed from phases A & C) that will feed lighting and receptacles. Since this will be all fluorescent lights, PCs, copiers, scanners, printers, etc, I am concerned about harmonic loading of the neutral. Is this a concern in this application? I know it is a not a concern in a single phase system, but I was not sure in this application? Thanks for any advice you may provide!






RE: Harmonic Currents
Triplen harmonics only add in systems with star connected secondary and neutral connected to star middle.
Gunnar Englund
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RE: Harmonic Currents
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RE: Harmonic Currents
I got a phone call from a guy that was very frustrated about the rotating vectors in my harmonics demo (in the 6 Aug 10 2:26 posting).
He said that, since fifth harmonic is negative sequence, it should rotate backwards. "Because it does".
I know for sure that the vectors shown are correct and that they rotate the correct way - but couldn't find a good answer. I have to think about it. Or has someone else a good answer?
Zero sequence vectors all point in the same direction. But they rotate. So, when I asked him if they shouldn't stand still, he first said "Yes", but when I asked him if the ninth shouldnt rotate faster, although it also is zero sequence, he wasn't quite so sure any more.
I think that a good explanation is needed. Anyone?
Gunnar Englund
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RE: Harmonic Currents
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I think there is a simple semantic mistake somewhere, but can't put my finger on it.
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RE: Harmonic Currents
One of my college textbooks was very insistent that phasors do not rotate at all.
David Castor
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Whether phasors rotate or not is really a question about what the phasors represent. In AC systems, they have been chosen to illustrate behaviour of sine shaped variables and to be able to do so, and for the notion of 'phase angle' to have a meaning, they have to rotate.
Yes. It is about sequence, not how the system or its vectors rotate. I shall try and get used to that insight. PLS for you, sorry that I cannot give you more than one
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RE: Harmonic Currents
I believe that you are correct. The third harmonic vectors all have the same angle, as would zero-sequence vectors. If you stop the vectors with one phase horizontal to the right (0°), fundamental ØB is at -120° (correct for positive-sequence), 3rd harmonic ØB is at 0° (correct for zero-seq), 5th harmonic BØ is at +120° (correct for negative-sequence).
The vectors all rotate counter-clockwise, but ØC of the 5th harmonic follows ØA by 120°, not ØB.
You might want to modify the program so that you can change the relative magnitude and angle of the harmonics.
RE: Harmonic Currents
Stopping the rotation and putting a zero in the 'degrees' box and then pressing '+' or '-' to rotate the system shows this clearly. Funny how you think you understand things and suddenly realize that there's more to it than you knew. Now, I wonder what else I have missed?
Re different amplitudes: we didn't want to make the use too complex. This is just to show that harmonics vectors rotate with different speed depending on numbers. And also to show why higher harmonics create steep edges. Check all harmonics and see the whip-lash when passing zero degrees (and 180 degrees when also even harmonics selected).
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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