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Do You Have a
Harmonic Problem?
Forster Electrical Engineering, Inc.
550 N. Burr Oak Ave, Oregon, WI 53575
(608) 835-9009
(608) 835-9039 fax
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What is THD?
Total Harmonic Distortion
(DF - Distortion factor)
Ratio of RMS value of harm. to RMS
value of 60 hz fundamental
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What is TDD?
Total Demand Distortion The harmonic current distortion
expressed as a % of the maximum
DEMAND load current using a
15 or 30 minute demand period
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What is PCC?
Point of Common Connection
Between Utility/Customer - Usually the
metering or incoming service point
For the Customer/Equipment Supplier:
Usually the point in the plant where the
equipment is connected
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you a Utility?
SAre you a Customer?
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...usually
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is a 12.47 kV foundry
customer in Wisconsin.
The Customer peak demand is
5,000 kW and 5,882 kVA
The Utility Supply is 12.47 kV
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What to do first?
Make field
measurements of
current waveforms at
the PCC
Current waveform with
3,500 kVA load
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12.47 kV
5,000 (Avg Pk/yr)
0.85 (0 to 1.0)
5,882 kVAD
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More information..
IL (Load Amperes)
Isc(Short Ckt Amps)
Isc / IL
System load @ test
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Meas. Harm.
%
6.59
8.53
6.23
1.96
4.1
1.37
Load Harm.
Amps
10.68 (162 x 0.0659)
13.82
10.09
3.18
6.64
2.22
% of Peak
Dem.(IL)
3.92
5.07
3.71
1.17
2.44
0.81
(2.22 / 275 x 100%)
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Meas. Harm.
%
0.083
0.69
0.52
0.22
0.385
Load Harm.
Amps
0.13
1.12
0.84
0.36
0.62
% of Peak
Dem.(IL)
0.05
0.41
0.31
0.13
0.23
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ISC / IL
<11
11<h<17
TDD
<20
4.0%
2.0%
5%
20<50
7.0%
3.5%
8%
50<100
10.0%
4.5%
12.0%
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???????
Did the Foundry load
cause the UTILITY to
exceed IEEE-519
limits?
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Indiv.
Voltage
Dist. (%)
----------3%
1.5%
1%
Total
Voltage
THD (%)
-----------5%
2.5%
1.5%
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Another Topic...
Line Notching
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