Interconnection of wind generation with power distribution systems may result in rapid voltage variations, or flicker, much more readily than for HV transmission interconnections. Wind turbine generators employing doublyfed asynchronous generators provide a means to rapidly control reactive power, as well as to smooth variations in real power. This capability is exploited to minimize flicker, d...

Flicker modulation sensitivity measurements made on high intensity orange steady backgrounds indicate that signals from short-wavelength sensitive cones (S-cones) have access to two pathways. At low S-cone adaptation levels the frequency response falls quickly with increasing frequency, but at higher adaptation levels it extends to much higher frequencies. At these higher S-cone adaptation leve...

An EMTP-based arc furnace model was developed for evaluation of flicker concerns associated with supplying a large integrated steel mill as they go from one to two furnace operation and as system changes are implemented that will affect the short circuit capacity at the 230 kV power supply substation. The model includes a dynamic arc representation which is designed to be characteristic of the ...

Identification of flicker sources is necessary to find who responsible for the measured and improve power quality. This paper puts forward a new method identifying with minimum measurement units. Contrary previous works where are considered single-frequency signal, autoregressive moving average (ARMA) used model active reactive variations. First, envelope network voltage at busbars derived by H...

Schottky barrier diodes can be used as direct detectors throughout the millimeterand submillimeterwave bands. When the diodes are optimized to have a low forward turn-on voltage, the detectors can achieve excellent frequency response and bandwidth, even with zero-bias. This paper reports on the characterization of VDI’s zerobias Schottky detectors. Responsivity typically ranges from 4,000 V/W a...

Single-channel properties of the Xenopus inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) ion channel were examined by patch clamp electrophysiology of the outer nuclear membrane of isolated oocyte nuclei. With 140 mM K+ as the charge carrier (cytoplasmic [IP3] = 10 microM, free [Ca2+] = 200 nM), the IP3R exhibited four and possibly five conductance states. The conductance of the most-frequently observed...

This paper presents the design of a light chamber which can be used to investigate the flicker behaviour of various types of lamps. Using this system, a lamp can be subjected to a controlled voltage waveform while current and illuminance of the lamp are monitored. With the aid of such a voltage source capable of generating voltage fluctuations, including interharmonics and other power quality d...

Electric arc furnace (EAF) is one of the responsible cause for deteriorating power quality in the distribution network by, introducing harmonics, propagating voltage flicker and causing unbalance in voltages and currents. This paper presents performance evaluation of composite filter (CF) for power quality improvement of EAF distribution network. The performance of CF is evaluated in terms of h...