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    3rd Harmonic Currents

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    The document discusses harmonic currents in 3-phase systems. It states that for a balanced 3-phase load without a neutral connection, the third harmonic currents of each phase will be equal but their sum will be zero. This means that symmetrical, balanced 3-phase loads do not generate third harmonics. Harmonic orders that are not multiples of 3, such as 5, 7, 11, etc., will not sum to zero. The document also discusses how harmonic orders are determined based on the number of rectifiers in a system.

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    The document discusses harmonic currents in 3-phase systems. It states that for a balanced 3-phase load without a neutral connection, the third harmonic currents of each phase will be equal but their sum will be zero. This means that symmetrical, balanced 3-phase loads do not generate third harmonics. Harmonic orders that are not multiples of 3, such as 5, 7, 11, etc., will not sum to zero. The document also discusses how harmonic orders are determined based on the number of rectifiers in a system.

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    The document discusses harmonic currents in 3-phase systems. It states that for a balanced 3-phase load without a neutral connection, the third harmonic currents of each phase will be equal but their sum will be zero. This means that symmetrical, balanced 3-phase loads do not generate third harmonics. Harmonic orders that are not multiples of 3, such as 5, 7, 11, etc., will not sum to zero. The document also discusses how harmonic orders are determined based on the number of rectifiers in a system.

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    The document discusses harmonic currents in 3-phase systems. It states that for a balanced 3-phase load without a neutral connection, the third harmonic currents of each phase will be equal but their sum will be zero. This means that symmetrical, balanced 3-phase loads do not generate third harmonics. Harmonic orders that are not multiples of 3, such as 5, 7, 11, etc., will not sum to zero. The document also discusses how harmonic orders are determined based on the number of rectifiers in a system.

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    Consider a symmetrical, balanced, non-linear 3-phase load without neutral connection,

    as shown below:-

    Assuming that the currents drawn by this load include the third harmonic, the third order
    harmonic currents of each phase can be written as follows:

    The third order harmonic currents of all three phases are therefore equal.

    However, if there is no neutral conductor, ir + is + it = 0.

    The sum of the third order harmonic currents in particular should be zero, which is only
    possible if each of the components is zero.

    Symmetrical, balanced, 3-phase loads do not therefore generate a third harmonic.

    This reasoning can be extended to all harmonic orders which are multiples of 3.
    Harmonic currents which are not zero are therefore of the order 5, 7, 11, 13, etc, ie.
    They take the form np± 1 (6n ± 1 for p=6 i.e 6 pulse rectifier).

    This can be demonstrated for any system incorporating rectifiers, whether controlled or
    not. We can therefore demonstrate that harmonic orders are written h = (nxp) ± 1,
    where n is an integer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc) and p the number of rectifiers which make up
    the device.

    For example, a circuit which only includes one rectifier (half-wave rectification) has
    harmonics of the order n ± 1 and presents all possible harmonics, starting with 0 which
    is the direct current. For a bridge consisting of 4 diodes, the first harmonic is of order 3,
    as demonstrated in

    Consider a simplified system consisting of a balanced 3-phase source and three


    identical single-phase loads, connected between phase and neutral

    If the loads are linear, the currents constitute a balanced 3-phase system. The sum of
    the phase currents is therefore zero, as is the neutral current.
    in = Σii = 0

    If the loads are non-linear, the phase currents are non-sinusoidal and therefore
    contain harmonics, particularly of orders which are multiples of 3.
    Since all three-phase currents are equal, the third order harmonic currents, for example,
    have the same magnitude and can be written as:

    In this simplified example, the third order harmonic currents in all 3 phases are
    therefore identical.
    Since the current in the neutral is equal to the sum of the currents in the phases, the
    componentof order 3 of the neutral current is equal to the sum of the components of
    order 3, ie: in3 = 3ir3
    As a general rule, for balanced loads, harmonic currents of orders which are a multiple
    of 3 are in phase and are added up arithmetically in the neutral conductor, while the
    fundamental components and harmonics of orders which are not multiples of 3 cancel
    one another out.
    Third order harmonic currents are therefore zero-sequence currents, circulating
    in phase in all three phases.

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