DEVELOPING A HARMONICS EDUCATION FACILITY IN A POWER-SYSTEM SIMULATORFOR POWER ENGINEERING-EDUCATION

This paper describes a newly installed harmonics education facility in detail to teach students about harmonics related problems in a power system. A nonlinear load, which produces harmonic currents, and a harm onic filter, which is a mitigation facility, are merged into an existi ng power system simulator for advanced power engineering education. Th e nonlinear load is a widely used three-phase, 6-pulse controlled rect ifier. The filter bank is designed to eliminate the characteristic har monic currents. This paper also shows the resonant condition caused by shunt capacitors which are usually used for power factor correction. Several suggested experiments are given to teach students about harmon ics related problems including harmonic sources, measurement, resonanc e, limitation, and mitigation. The harmonics education facility greatl y extends and promotes the performance of the power system simulator.