Harmonic cancellation within AC low voltage distribution for a realistic office environment

Santos, Arthur; Duggan, Gerald P.; Young, Peter; Frank, Stephen; Hughes, Aidan; Zimmerle, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107325

Harmonic cancellation within AC low voltage distribution for a realistic office environment

Journal Article · Sat Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107325· OSTI ID:1819073

^[1]; Duggan, Gerald P. ^[1]; Young, Peter ^[1]; ^[2]; Hughes, Aidan ^[1]; ^[3]

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States); Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Energy Inst.

An increase of non-linear loads, primarily from power electronics, has substantially increased current harmonics in commercial buildings, which contributes to decreased transformer efficiency / lifespan and poor power quality. This study uses recorded power consumption data from common miscellaneous electric loads (MELs) seen in offices, combined with detailed characterizations of example MELs, to simulate harmonic cancellation within building circuits. Typically, harmonic cancellation studies assume that AC converters operate across their rated power range. However, this study finds that common MELs operate below 40% of rated power the majority of the time when not quiescent; 89% of sampled devices never operated above 60% of rated power. Simulations using these more realistic power levels indicate current-harmonic cancellation (3rd to 13th harmonic) is significantly lower than that predicted when using full-range power assumptions, resulting in minor errors for low-order harmonics and larger errors for higher order harmonics. Furthermore, increased MELs load diversity increases harmonic cancellation, but insufficiently to eliminate errors. In contrast, blending lighting loads with MELs on the secondaries of distribution transformers improves harmonic cancellation to near those predicted by traditional methods. These results indicate that realistic power levels, as well as better characterization of harmonics from typical MELs, should be used to estimate harmonic cancellation.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1819073

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--3500-78371; MainId:32288; UUID:18b52ed4-176f-486f-8036-46ce90f5fb1c; MainAdminID:61701

Journal Information:: International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Journal Name: International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Vol. 134; ISSN 0142-0615

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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