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PARAME'i'EiCj OF PASSIVIS
HARMONIC FILTERS USIIVC;
NONLilW EAR 0P'1' IhIlZ A T 10N.
INTRODUCi?ON:
whcrc 0-2x1
This frequency f is an integer multiple of the system
fundamental' frequency. This integer multiple, designated by Here it is to be noted that j is not tlic tuning
*n' is called harmonic number. frequency of this filter but this is tlic frcqwiicy at which
There is another factor that influences the dcsign of the filter impedance is iiiiiiiinum and nbovc wliicli it
a single tuned fiiter. It is called Dctuning factor and is offcrs low impedance. 'Iliis I1-cqucncyfis given by
represented by 5. It represents the variations in the tuning 1
frequcncy caused by following factors. f=-
1. Variations in the system frequency. 2x cx
2. Temperature variations in the values of
capacitance and inductance The other important factor is desiznated by 111. 1I ] i t can
Another important factor that influences the be given as
dcsign of a single iuned filter is the-Filter Quality facfor Q . L
It is calculated always at the tuning frequency and can be 111 = -
R'C
(4)
given as
Fig. S(2) illustrates the effect o f variations in 111, on
the characteristics of the second order danipcd filtcr for
various valucs of ni.
\Wicrc X, is tlic renctance of inductor or capacitor at thc Tlic filtcr quality factor Q is givcn by
tuning frcqucncy. I-lcncc
and c=- 1
0 QR Where X, is the reactancc of thc filter. at frequency f.
Fig. 6[2] shows how a typical second ortier damped
filter, having a minimum inipctlniicc frequency at 10.7Ih
The value of Q usually lies in some range. The harmonic, behaves with variations in the valuc o f R and
circuit resisiance R IS usually the DC resistance of the thereby in Q. X high Q means the filtering action will be
inductor L. Tile filter impedance can be expressed in more pronounced and a low Q nieaiis very little filterins
tci-ms of Q and 5 as [ 11 action of the filter.
I
The chi-t design constraints Tor a Iiish pass filler
are mainly Q , f and m. If the capacitance m i bc
dctcrmincd from 111c oihcr pnramcicrs, f and hcncc 111
w i l l be dctcrmiilcd i n such :I \vny 3s to ol,ln!n n lllqll
admittance over tlic requirctl I'Icc~uci~cyI niigc. 'i\'hcii
expressed in temis of in and R. the contlrictaiice and
susceptance :enis for a sccontl ortlcr high pass :iltcr nre
given as
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Whcrc S is search dircctinii iit~tlh is opiii:i\ sicp Icngtli.
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This ;3 is optimized using Steepest Descent N g o r i t l m . dependent upon all the compnncnts of tlic danipcti fiitcr
During this optimization process, rk remains constant as viz. R, L and C.
it varies during the constrained optimization. Hence Q is
SINGLE TUNED FILTER: As seen nhovc, tlicsc is
thc only variable.
not much scope for optimization of 1 . k rcsisiancc of this
If the system network angle 4%"is known, then filtcr as the parametcrs it dcpcnds 011, arc dctermincd by
according to Amllaga [I], the optimal value of Q is given by the design constraints of tlic iiidwtor that leavc littlc
scope. All that can be donc to rcducc I< is to design tlic
filter such that the value of I, is minimum. (1][37
DAA4PED Fll,7El?: ' I h icsislaiicc al
fundaiiicntal frcqucncy of a tlaiiipc'l I'iltcr is givcii hy.
1 1 1 wliicli case tlic optiiiiizatioii is a11 optional addctl
fcaturc. ,112(2111? - 21,r -I- I )
Damped F i l m : l l i e impedance of thc damped filter (12)
at its tuning frequency is given by
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SINGLE TUNED FIL7ER: For a singlc tuncd filxr, tlic IMMPEU FIL7ER: 11 tlninpctl filler Iins wiially vcry
sizc or rating in kvar can bc givcii as small valuc of Q as.coniparcd to tlic siiiglc tunctl filtcr.
2
As Q is given by
I1
'A rc = - Var. I<
xc4, x, 11
2
-1 Q=-
s
Whcrc X,- and XL are respective reactances at thc
fundameiital frequency. As the aim is to optimize the This means, tlic filfcr rcsistaiicc I< is w r y siii;lil
ninning cost of the filter, it is necessary to optimize the compared to X . hciicc ncglcctiiig I<. tlic filtcr rating is,
nmiiing losscs of thc filtcr. For this tlic individrinl
' :r 11;
componcnt losses, which arc depcndent upon the total K,, =T- Wlicrc
loading of tlie componcnts, will have to bc optimized. x 11; - 111
Twiirig jk,wcticj*?/ tiic ,fiiter
-
Cnpacitor. losses: For calculating the total losses 1l0 =
Fitnciantentcil ji-ajiwrcy
occurring in the capacitor, total loading consisting of
fundamental as well as harmonic losses is to be Cnpncitor losscs: For calculatiiig tlic total losses
calculated. The total loss in the capacitor is occurring in the capacitor, losscs consisting of
fundamental as vel1 as harmonic losscs will linvc to bc
caicuiatcd. I Ihcsc are
=KCL(-g+
Tlius the total filter loss from Eqs.13 and 14 is given by,
- 1 ) y I l ~- I n )
+ kr,(Ill tl?
i-
112-11 112 -1
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For tlic siiiglc !..;:ic(lIiilci.. rCll7"' I i : i r i i i o i i i ~ : ,
L = 3.203GS 3111 ( 1 - (14.4243 }'I:
A sofhvare package was designed to implement the For the dampec 5Itcr, for tiic I I"' Iial-iiioiiic a i d aliovc.
thrcc schemes discusscd above. With ihis soltwarc R = 2.21574 5 L = 0.SX21 I O tiill (1 = 130.303
package, some field trials were carried out. For these 111:
trials, daia regarding harmonic content was collected The magnimics of various Iiamotiics cntcriiip tlic
from bulk power consumers and the results obtained Power System Network aftcr usiiig tlicsc filters arc sivcii
were analyzed. One such case is described bellow. in TABLE I.
CASE 1: Thc ncgali-Lt magiiitridcs iiitlicatc tiic rriii:iiiiiiii:
capacity to by11nis thc lnxriiioiiics. of tlic filtcr I w i i k :I$ :I
The industrial installation has 2 to 3 local gcncrating \vliolc. 'Ilic T I I D or clirrciit tlislcii t i o i l . riiitlci ~ l i c v ,
with capacitics of about 6 to 10 M V A at (3.6 kV.
ririits
circuriistarices i q rctlucccl to 0.00 (;r:iplis iii I.'ig. 7
I!<,.
Tlic installation has a n H.T. liiic from state electricity show tlic charac:rristics of tlicsc filtcis.
supply utility at the same voltage with a provision to co-
generate or draw power. l l i e load consistj of mainly six
pulse rectifiers and other loads. The total load is 3415 MlNlMVM LOSSES AT FUNDAMENTAL
kVA or 2800 kW at 0.82 power factor lagging. The FREQUENCY:
short circuit level is 28.4 MVA or equivalent reactance When filtcrs are designcd usiiig thc niiniiiiiitni loss desiyi
of 1.5333 n.The power factor is to be improved to 0.95 scheme for the above-nieiitioiicd data, ilic Lltcr
lagging. This requires about 1050 kvar of leading parameters obtained are summarizcd bcllow.
reactive power. [ 6 ]
For die single tuned filter, for 5'" harmonic.
It is assumed that the power supply source (namely L = 12.8385 mH C = 31.5679 pl:
the state supply network) is free of harmonic sources. For the sin9le tuncd filter, for 7Ih harmonic,
Table I illustratcs the original and filtered harmonic I, = 3.2096; inl-I C = 04.4243 ikr
niagiiitude for minimum harmonic inagnirlide. For the dampcd filtcr, for [lie I 1 ' " harnioinic aiitl ahovc.
R = 2.21834 Q L = 0.934952 nil1 C = 130.393
{IF
MINIMU,?-!iiARMONICS DESIGN:
LVlicn filtcrs arc designed using thc niinimuni harmonic
dcsign scheme, the filter data obtained is summarized
bellow.
For ihc single tuncd filter, for SIh h a m o n i c ,
L = I?. 8385 in1-I C = 3 I 3 G Y &ti:
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V i e magnitudes or various harmonics entering thc References:
Powcr Sysicm Network after using these filters arc as
1.J. ArriiaSa. D. A. llrntllcy atid I). S. Bndgcr.
given in table I. the THD for current distortion under
‘Power System llariiioiiics‘ 1985 John Wilcy
thcsc circumstances is rcduccd to 0.14 %. The Graphs of
& Sons Ittl. W. 93-109, 296-324.
filter Characteristics are similar to those in Fig. 7.
C Z , C, klccall, 'Design
2. Daniiin A. G O I I Z ~ ~ Joliii
From this case it can be obscrved that, minimum of Filters to Rctlucc 11:iriiinnic Dislorlioti 111
harmonics schemc is best suitcd to reduce the: harmonic Industrial Power Sgs(ciiis‘ l1X13 Tratw. oil
content as far as possible with a margin for temporary Industrial Applicatinns. vol. 1A-23. No. 3,
tluctiiatioiis. But il‘tlic rtltcr Ixi~ikpiicc has to bc justifictl h~lay/Jll;lc 1080. 1’1’. 5 0 4 - 5 I I .
against pcrforniance with somc harmonic coiitcnt 3. S. S. R n o , ‘ O p t i i i i i m ( i o ~ ~(Ilcoc-g acid
rcniaining albcil untlcr limits, thcn niinirnum cost AppIicali~iiis*Jitlic I O X a l , Wilcy 1i:irlci I I 1111.
schemc is the riglit schcnie. If the desire is to have the Sccond Edition. 1’1’. 37-38, 306-3 10. 390-39X.
better of the hvo worlds, then minimum loss scheme can 4. Donald A. Picrrc, ‘Optiiiiizntioii tlieory willi
be used. Applications’ 19G9, Jolin Wilcy LQ Soiis inc.
PP. 26-1-350.
5 . Dr. U. Gudani ‘ A New Scliciiir for llesctivc
Power Coiiipcnsitiioii. 1 lirriioriic
siipprcssion arid Daiiiliiiig or I<csoiiaiiccs‘
GRIDShl%-9S, 1iitcriiation:il Sciiiiiiar b y
Institution of Enginecrs (liidin). Jan 130G.
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APPENDIX IIA
CALCULATIOX OF TIIE CAPACITOR LOSSES IN
THEM I ~ I UCOST
N DESIGNOF A DAMPED
FIJ. TER
The losses in the resisiance R can hc ol)tniiied as follo\vs.
Vic total iosses occurring in a capacitor include the
losses at fundamental frcqucncy and tliosc at the hamioriic
frcqucncies. From cq. 4, it can bc sccn that
Therefore for a second order damped filter if V, and V, are i.Jow the losses in :hc rcsistancc a t liindariicittai I'rcqucncy
thc respective -;oltages across capacitor and the inductor, can be given as
Thus if kCLis the loss factor of the capacitor. the total power
loss of the capacitor will be
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List oifigurc captions:
4-
I
!
- ;\
\:-.: :.
I
Fig. f Single Tmcd FiItcr
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Charaearistics of the fifth
16 - harmonic filter
I
14 7.
I! 2
<I 0
g8
-E
1 4
U
2
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
Farmonic Multiples
Characterisbcs of the s e v e n t h
8 -Harmonic Filter
7?.
I
1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
W m o n i c Multiples
F5.7(b)
p : 3
5 2.5
V
x 2
5
L
1.5
d l
0.5
0
-
I 1 3 3 9 11 13 15 1 7 19
Hamonie Multiples
Fig. 7(c)
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