Manufacturers are under continuous pressure to improve efficiency, whilst maintaining the highest quality of product. Both goals can be made significantly more difficult with high current harmonics. If unmitigated, harmonics increase losses, reduce reliability, and can trigger surcharges that show up directly on a manufacturer’s energy bill.
The impact of harmonic distortion
There are two key problems with high harmonics...
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