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How close is the supply voltage waveform to sinusoidal, and how close are the supply voltage and frequency to the rated ? What Power Quality do we actually have ? What Power Quality do we really need ?
POWER QUALITY
in a wider, Indian perspective
GRID - Level & CONSUMER - Level
SUPPLY INTERRUPTIONS
a) LOAD - SHEDDING due to own or others over-drawal : Maximize generation, and allow over-drawal, as long as grid can sustain it, and it is paid for. b) LOAD - SHEDDING to curtail over-loading or under-voltage : If too frequent, ask for system augmentation, additional capacitors.
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c) TRIPPING due to a fault or equipment failure : Minimize outage duration, : Reliable protection, Auto-reclosing, : Ask for building redundancies.
VOLTAGE PROBLEMS
HIGH / LOW : Can be corrected by transformer tap-changing and reactive compensation : shunt / series capacitors, reactors, SVC, MVAR generation change. SWELLS & SAGS, SPIKES & DIPS, FLICKER : Caused by switching on / off of large loads, capacitor banks, electric furnaces, welding machines.
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PHASE UNBALANCE : Caused by single - phase or unbalanced loads (e.g. railway traction), pole - discrepancy, break in a phase (conductor snapping), break in neutral, hanging faults, non-transposition. WAVE FORM DISTORTIONS (HARMONICS and DC offset) : caused by HVDC, SVC, FACTS, Converters, UPS, power / speed controllers, computers, TVs, chargers, printers, tube-lights, CFLs, fan regulators, electronic ballasts,
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communication equipment, arc furnaces, welding, railway traction, etc. Circuit breaker and isolator operation (switching transients), L.A., transformer magnetizing current inrush, lightning, Faults and their clearance, insulator flashover, corona, faulty grounding.
Adverse effects : Over-heating & noise, resonance, telephone interference, hum, capacitor failure, mal-operation of control device and medical equipment.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS : Circuit segregation, harmonic filters, U.P.S. DAMPING by synchronous and induction machines. A use of harmonics: Harmonic restraint in transformer differential relays.
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Ceiling fans -- 1- ph Induction motors, shaded - pole or split - winding, inverted. Fan regulators -- 3 different types: i) Choke : weighty, costly, low PF ii) Resistor : energy loss, heating iii) Electronic : voltage and current distortions, harmful on both sides.
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Supply voltage and fan current, regulated by old resistance type regulator, at full-speed
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Supply voltage and fan current, regulated by old resistance type regulator, at low speed
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Tube lights : non-linear discharge lamps. Smoothening & PF improvement by choke and capacitor. Not a serious problem.
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Lap-tops & peripherals : AC / DC adapters draw non-sinusoidal current. Domestic inverters : Battery charging current is always non-sinusoidal. INDUSTRIAL U.P.S.
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