Two generic configurations of forced commutated PWM converters, i.e. voltage source inverters and current source inverters, have been proposed as advanced reactive power compensators'. A new configuration to combine the features of the two generic ones is proposed, designed and analyzed in this paper. It is composed of a PWM current source inverter handling high power with very low switching fr...

We perform third harmonic spectroscopy of dolmen-type nanostructures, which exhibit plasmonic Fano resonances in the near-infrared. Strong third harmonic emission is predominantly radiated close to the low energy peak of the Fano resonance. Furthermore, we find that the third harmonic polarization of the subradiant mode interferes destructively and diminishes the nonlinear signal in the far-fie...

This paper deals with the elimination of harmonics at PCC in the presence of non-linear type of loads. Introduction of five-level DSTATCOM at PCC injects compensating currents for the minimization of harmonic content in the source currents. Non-linear loads when connected to the system draw non-linear components of current leaving undesired harmonics at the source side. DSTATCOM when connected ...

We experimentally demonstrate continuous-wave ultraviolet emission through forth-harmonic generation in a millimeter-scale lithium niobate whispering-gallery resonator pumped with a telecommunication-compatible infrared source. The whispering-gallery resonator provides four spectral lines at ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared and infrared, which are equally spaced in frequency via the cascaded...

One of the greatest challenges found in power quality has been, and still is, establishing a reliable noninvasive method for quantifying harmonic contributions an electric utility consumer at point common coupling (PCC). This difficulty arises from fact that distortions measured on PCC are unidentifiable mixtures both parties. Currently, some work focused exploring use blind source separation (...

Speaker transformation is a technique that modifies a source speaker’s speech to be perceived as if a target speaker has spoken it. Compared to statistical techniques, warping function based transformation techniques require less training data and time. The objective of this paper is to investigate the transformation using quadratic surface interpolation. Source and target utterances were analy...