This Paper aims to extend the knowledge about the performance of different cascaded multilevel inverter through harmonic analysis. Large electric drives and utility require advanced power electronics converter to meet high power demands. As a result, multilevel power converter structure has been introduced as an alternative in high power and medium voltage situations. A multilevel converter not...

Capacitors in power systems are used to supply reactive power for the purpose of loss minimization and voltage profile improvement. Besides, appropriate placement of capacitors is also important so as to ensure that system power loss and total capacitor costs is reduced. Most of the capacitor placement techniques assume that the system is balanced and ignore the effect of harmonics. In this pap...

This paper discusses design and simulation of dynamic voltage restorer for improve power quality & reduce the harmonics distortion of sensitive load. Electronics devices are very sensitive load against harmonics. DVR proposed not only to improve PQ but also to reduce HD due to the presence of non-linear load. The DVR consists of injection transformer, filter, ESS, VSI and control system. The ba...

Personal computers draw non-sinusoidal current with odd harmonics more significantly. Power Quality of distribution networks is severely affected due to the flow of these generated harmonics during the operation of electronic loads. Switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) are one of the most vital part of PC, typically found in large numbers in modern power supply systems. These devices usually draw ...

This paper proposes the improved methodology of power quality in grid interconnected photo voltaic system by using shunt active power filter . With development of new functionalities solar energy based Photovoltaic cells are upcoming energy source with higher efficiency. Solar energy being naturally available in abundance and nonpolluting is one of the most promising sources. Excessive use of p...

Supply of uninterrupted sinusoidal voltage of constant magnitude is the most important aim of the electrical distribution system, but this task is very tough and is becoming more difficult due to the increasing size and number of nonlinear and poor power factor loads. Some of the most important causes of poor power quality is harmonics and high neutral current. Harmonics and neutral current det...

In larges electrical system used in industries, office builidings, or hotels, capacitor banks are usually utilized to compensate the required VAR absorbed by the loads. As the nonliniear loads are increasing rapidly, the risk of resonance phenomenon occured is becoming higher as its terminal voltages are not anymore sinusoidal. On the other hand, many customers have become aware to the problems...

Harmonics is one of the major power quality problems for power systems. The harmonics can be eliminated by power filters such as passive, active, and hybrid. In this study, a new passive filter configuration has been improved in addition to the existing passive filter configurations. Conventional hybrid passive filters are not successful to compensate rapidly changing reactive power demand. The...