Assessment of voltage quality indicators in unbalanced and harmonic distorted regime

This paper deals with the development of a model for assessment of the indicators, which characterize the unbalanced and harmonic distorted operation regime in the three-phase low voltage networks. The symmetrical components transformation and the Fourier method are applied, in which each harmonic is decomposed into zero, positive and negative sequence components. The quality indicators in voltage distorted and unbalanced regime are obtained using MathCAD software. The proposed model and procedure is applied for specific case studies. This approach allows the identification and analysis of distorted and unbalanced regime indicators of three-phase low voltage supply system in common coupling point of the consumer, and the procedure can be integrated into a power quality monitoring system.

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