Ampacity Decrease in a Three-phase Power Cable Fed by an Uncontrolled Rectifier and Finding a Lower Limit for the Power Cable Loss

Authors : Hakan ÇANTA, Reşat MUTLU

Pages : 19-24

Doi:10.55581/ejeas.1293146

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Publication Date : 2023-07-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :23.06.2023 Accepted: 25.07.2023 DOI: 10.55581/ejeas.1293146 Abstract—Rectifiers are the most common nonlinear loads encountered in electrical power systems. Uncontrolled rectifiers are cheaper than synchronous rectifiers and more common than them because of this but the currents drawn by uncontrolled rectifiers contain harmonics. In addition, the amplitude of these harmonics depends on the value of the load power and the rectifier parameters. A 3-phase cable can be used to connect a three-phase rectifier to a 3-phase power system. In this study, the power losses of a 3-phase cable fed by a synchronous rectifier and an uncontrolled rectifier were compared. The electrical equivalent of a power cable is frequency dependent. The analysis performed in this study was made by making some assumptions about the frequency-dependent resistance of the cable and the rectifier currents. The analysis shows that when an uncontrolled rectifier is fed by a power cable, the cable always has more loss and heats up more for the same amount of RMS current.
Keywords : Kablo Modelleme, Kayıp hesabı, Harmonik Analizi, Devre Analizi, Doğrultucular