Volume 66, Issue 1, April 2023, Pages 34–41
Tangenyi Okito Marcien1, Meni Babakidi Narcisse2, and Kinyoka Kabalumuna God’El3
1 Université Pédagogique Nationale, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics and Applied Sciences, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Institut Supérieur de Techniques Appliquées de Kinshasa, Section Electronique, Kinshasa, RD Congo
3 Université Pédagogique Nationale, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Physique et Sciences Appliquées, Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Today the power quality of industrial systems is a growing concern for electrical and electronics engineers. The main reason for deteriorating power quality is the high level of harmonics. Harmonics in industry are produced from many sources, primarily variable speed drives and rectified loads. The injection by non-linear loads of harmonic currents contributes significantly to the degradation of the power factor resulting in an increase in reactive power and apparent power. In this study, the analysis of harmonics will be presented in the brewing industry case of Bralima DR Congo using a PEL 103 meter. The measured THD values for voltage and current will be used to analyze their impact on the power factor. Some solutions are proposed for the reduction of harmonics and the correction of the power factor (PFC) at the same time in order to reduce the reactive and apparent powers and also to reduce the energy consumption impacting on the expenses due to the billing of electrical energy.
Author Keywords: Harmonic analysis, power factor, voltage measurement, power quality, industries.
Tangenyi Okito Marcien1, Meni Babakidi Narcisse2, and Kinyoka Kabalumuna God’El3
1 Université Pédagogique Nationale, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics and Applied Sciences, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Institut Supérieur de Techniques Appliquées de Kinshasa, Section Electronique, Kinshasa, RD Congo
3 Université Pédagogique Nationale, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Physique et Sciences Appliquées, Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Today the power quality of industrial systems is a growing concern for electrical and electronics engineers. The main reason for deteriorating power quality is the high level of harmonics. Harmonics in industry are produced from many sources, primarily variable speed drives and rectified loads. The injection by non-linear loads of harmonic currents contributes significantly to the degradation of the power factor resulting in an increase in reactive power and apparent power. In this study, the analysis of harmonics will be presented in the brewing industry case of Bralima DR Congo using a PEL 103 meter. The measured THD values for voltage and current will be used to analyze their impact on the power factor. Some solutions are proposed for the reduction of harmonics and the correction of the power factor (PFC) at the same time in order to reduce the reactive and apparent powers and also to reduce the energy consumption impacting on the expenses due to the billing of electrical energy.
Author Keywords: Harmonic analysis, power factor, voltage measurement, power quality, industries.
How to Cite this Article
Tangenyi Okito Marcien, Meni Babakidi Narcisse, and Kinyoka Kabalumuna God’El, “Impact of harmonics on the power factor in an industrial network,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 34–41, April 2023.
