In modern electrical distribution systems harmonic distortions are created from a number of sources such as variable frequency drives, lighting, computers and nonlinear loads. Such harmonic distortions produce a variety of undesirable side effects ranging from poor power factor, motor failure to overloading of transformers and conductors. Now a days increasing number of renewable energy systems...

Lithuanian vowel and semivowel phoneme modelling framework is proposed. Using this framework, the phoneme signal is described as the output of a linear multiple-input and singleoutput (MISO) system. The MISO system is a parallel connection of single-input and single-output (SISO) systems whose input impulse amplitudes vary in time. Within this framework two synthesis methods are proposed: harmo...

Considering the effect of the utility harmonic impedance variations on harmonic responsibility, a method based on piecewise bound constrained optimization is proposed in this paper to evaluate the load harmonic responsibilities. The wavelet packet transform is employed to determine the change times of the utility harmonic impedances. The harmonic monitoring data is divided into several segments...

Despite widespread industrial application of harmonic drives, mathematical representation of their dynamics has not been fully addressed. In this theoretical/experimental study of harmonic drive systems a systematic way to capture and rationalize the dynamics of the system is proposed. Simple and accurate models for compliance, hysteresis, and friction are given and the model parameters are est...

The bridge aerodynamics research community is currently discussing several nonlinear wind load models for decks, but no definite conclusion on which model superior to the others available. In this paper, we use experimental data a double-deck section tested in an advanced forced vibration rig study observed nonlinearities and gain insight into what characteristics should be capable of modelling...

The three-phase Shunt hybrid APF topology for harmonic mitigation in low and medium voltage power distribution systems consists of a VSI based three phase shunt active filter (SAF) and tuned passive filters (TPF) connected in parallel with the load. This chapter discusses the modelling of shunt active filter and design of filter interfacing inductor, DC bus capacitor, tuned passive filters. It ...

Thyristor rectifiers are widely used in electric railways in order to control the speed. As a consequence of their usage in addition to substantial input lead current, an enormous amount of harmonics is injected into the grid. To avoid such harmonics as well as reactive power compensation, reactive power hybrid filters consisting of active and passive filters are utilized. Regarding different p...

This paper represents the simulation of Shunt Active Power Filter(SAPF) based on p-q theory and using hysteresis current control to obtain the gating signals for three phase ac-dc converter. The proposed active power filter is employed to reduce the current Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) drawn by the non-linear load and compensate the reactive power. The PI controller is employed to reduce the...

A study on plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging load and its impacts on distribution transformers loss-of-life, is presented in this paper. The assessment is based on residential PEV battery charging. As the exact forecasting of the charging load is not possible, the method for predicting the electric vehicle (EV) charging load is stochastically formulated. With the help of the stochastic mo...