Harmonics and UPS
This online engineering PDH course provides information on the different UPS configurations and their effect on harmonic levels in electrical networks.
UPS equipment, like the majority of static converters, take energy from an AC network through rectifiers. Typically, rectifiers are equipped with thyristors that generate harmonics.
This course highlights the need for a standardized coexistence between polluting and polluted equipment. It also details which harmonic currents and voltages are generated by conventional (classic) rectifiers (thyristor Graetz bridge rectifier) and provides different solutions that are designed to minimize harmonic impact.
This 4 PDH online course is applicable to electrical engineers who are interested in knowing how UPS equipment affects the overall power quality, particularly current and voltage harmonics.
This continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with Thyristor Graetz bridge rectifiers
- Understanding harmonic currents generated by Graetz bridge rectifiers
- Learning about the minimization of harmonic disturbances
- Learning about the use of double bridge rectifiers
- Gaining a general overview on rectifier circuits with more than two bridges
- Learning about the special case of circuit connection called "phase shifting"
- Understanding the utilization of a passive filter for harmonics
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