Please I would like to know what percentage of cross section area should my neutral cable be with respect to the live conductor for a total harmonic distortion limit of less then 5% at nominal frequency of 50Hz
Please I would like to know what percentage of cross section area should my neutral cable be with respect to the live conductor for a total harmonic distortion limit of less then 5% at nominal frequency of 50Hz
Without further information on the % of each harmonic, you could only assume that most of the distortion will be triple-n harmonics.
Table 4Aa of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 indicates that the neutral can be sized simply for (line current x 1.0) with 3rd harmonic content of 5 %.
The above advise is current guidance for UK installations.
For triple-n harmonics exceeding 33 %, the factor is applied to a calculated neutral current, not the line current.
Example calculations are given in 5.5.2 in Appendix 4 to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.
thank you for your response Sir, so from BS 7671 I can see it uses "assumptions" of wether the load MAY or MAY NOT produce harmonics. Does this mean I just have to "predict" (for lack of a better word) if a load would produce harmonic distortions?
The manufacturer should provide information on harmonic distortion of equipment one way or another, especially in the UK or the EU. This might be:
In the UK, and in a number of EU countries, there are limits for total combined harmonic distortion of installations - in the UK the installation designer must demonstrate conformity to ENA Engineering Recommendation G5 (current version I believe is G5/5)
The manufacturer should provide information on harmonic distortion of equipment one way or another, especially in the UK or the EU. This might be:
In the UK, and in a number of EU countries, there are limits for total combined harmonic distortion of installations - in the UK the installation designer must demonstrate conformity to ENA Engineering Recommendation G5 (current version I believe is G5/5)
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