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A Systematic Power-Quality Assessment

and Harmonic Filter Design Methodology
for Variable-Frequency Drive Application
in Marine Vessels
Introduction:
In recent years, the strive for reduction of fuel consumption and
improvement of energy management has led to significant increase in
variable-frequency drive (VFD) use on board ships and in offshore
installations for power conditioning and energy-saving purposes.
However, the introduction of such nonlinear loads in the vessels
power system induces harmonic currents that are often drawn from
sources of limited short-circuit capability, such as diesel generators
(D/Gs), resulting in high levels of voltage harmonic distortion if left
untreated.

Existing system:
Series active filter and parallel passive filter topology is
implemented with a three-phase pulse width modulation (PWM)
voltage- source inverter operating at fixed switching frequency. When
this equipment is connected in series to the ac source impedance it is
possible to improve the compensation characteristics of the passive
filters in parallel connection. In order to allow current harmonic
compensation, a parallel LC filter must be connected between the
nonlinear loads and the series transformers. It is well known that
series active power filters compensate current system distortion
caused by non-linear loads by imposing a high impedance path to the
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current harmonics which forces the high frequency currents to flow

through the LC passive filter connected in parallel to the load. The
high impedance imposed by the series active power filter is created by
generating a voltage of the same frequency that the current harmonic
component that needs to be eliminated. Current harmonic and voltage
unbalance compensation are achieved by generating the appropriate
voltage waveforms with the three phase PWM voltage-source
inverter.

Drawbacks:

combination of harmonic distortion and commutation notching

can cause hunting and
instability in voltage and frequency regulation

Proposed system:
Systematic power-quality assessment and monitoring
methodology is proposed to define the size and type of harmonic
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filters that should be used when VFDs are applied to motors on board
marine vessels in order to comply with specified marine harmonic
standards. Based on the specific information related to the nonlinear
load nature and short-circuit capacity of the source, the contribution to
voltage distortion by the VFDs at the point of common coupling
(PCC) is calculated. According to existing harmonic distortion levels
in the ships power system, appropriate selection and sizing of filters
is made. To monitor the effectiveness of the approach, a powerquality monitoring platform is implemented on board a typical tanker
vessel, where harmonic filter design is made for VFD application to
engine room (E/R) ventilation fan and cooling sea-water pump
(C.S.W. P/P) motors for energy saving purposes.

Advantages:

Low total voltage harmonic distortion (THDv%)

Low voltage stress and switching loss

Applications:

board vessels
power conditioning
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Block diagram:
3-phase Diode
Rectifier

Passive
LC Filter

AC
Supply

12V DC

Three Phase
Voltage Source
inverter

Driver Circuit

Three Phase
Load

Buffer Circuit
5V DC
Micro Controller
Circuit

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