Investigation of the Effect of Inductive Load on Harmonic Distortion of IGBT based Power System
Jyoti Lalotra1, Saleem Khan2, Shavet Sharma3, Parveen Lehana4
1Jyoti Lalotra, M.Tech., Dept. of EEE, Arni University, (H.P), India.
2Saleem Khan, Dept. of Physics & Electronics, University of Jammu, India.
3Shavet Sharma, Dept. of EEE, Arni University, India.
4Dr. Parveen Lehana, Dept. of Physics & Electronics, University of Jammu, India.
Manuscript received on May 22, 2013. | Revised Manuscript received on June 05, 2013. | Manuscript published on June  30, 2013. | PP: 423-426 | Volume-2, Issue-5, June 2013.  | Retrieval Number: E1892062513/2013©BEIESP

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Abstract: Research work carried out to investigate the effect of loads (combination of resistive, capacitive, and inductive) on the IGBT based power system. Total harmonic distortion in the input and output is calculated. Eight different combinations of the load are taken with different values of inductance keeping resistance and capacitance constant. Input and output voltages were recorded for all combinations using Gold wave software having duration of 1 sec with sampling rate of 16,000. A computer algorithm is designed to calculate total harmonic distortion in the input and output of the system. The designed microcontroller and IGBT based power system shows reduction in the distortion at the output.
Keywords: Power system, harmonics, Total harmonic distortion.