International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS)
Vol 7, No 2: June 2016

The Effects of Total Harmonics Distortion for Power Factor Correction at Non-Linear Load

R. A. Rani (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Shakir Saat (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Yusmarnita Yusop (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Huzaimah Husin (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
F. K. Abdul Rahman (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
A. A. Isa (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2016

Abstract

This paper presents the effect of total harmonic distortion (THD) in power factor correction (PFC) at non-linear load. This study focuses on the relationship between THD and PFC. This is beacuse,the power factor affects THD. This occurs in power system as we have variety of loads, i. e linear load or non-linear load. The variety of loads will influence the sinusoidal waveform, which comes out from harmonic distortion. Thus, based on this study, we can compare the effective method in improving the power factor as it will not disturb the performance of THD. The focus of study is on the single phase load, where the voltage restriction is 240 V.  The analysis will  only focus on the consumer, which depends on the variety of non-linear load. Besides, the parameters for analysis are based on the percentage of THD and the value of power factor. The instrument for measuring the parameter is based on power factor correction device or technique. On the other hand, the method that was used for this study is based on simulation which incorporated the Multisim software. At the end of ths study, we can choose the most effective method that can be used to improve the power factor correction without disturbing the THD.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJPEDS

Publisher

Subject

Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS, ISSN: 2088-8694, a SCOPUS indexed Journal) is the official publication of the Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES). The scope of the journal includes all issues in the field of Power Electronics and drive systems. ...