ABSTRACT
In Chapter 1, the main causes of harmonics were explained in detail. The prevalent difficulty with harmonics is voltage and current waveform distortion. Electronic equipment such as computers, battery chargers, electronic ballasts, variable-frequency drives, and switched-mode power supplies generate perilous harmonics. Harmonics issues are of great concern to engineers and building designers because they do more than distort voltage waveforms; they can overheat building wiring, cause nuisance tripping, overheat transformer units, and cause random end-user equipment failure. Thus, power quality has become more and more serious with each passing day. As a result, the active power filter (APF) has gained much more attention due to its excellent harmonic compensation. The importance of active power filters and solid-state devices is explained in detail, and APF configurations and selection considerations of them are also presented. The list of harmonics mitigation techniques is provided in Chapter 1.
