Power electronica control in direct water heater of optimized half cycles. / Controle eletrônico de potência em aquecedores elétricos de passagem por semi ciclos otimizados.

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2006

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Modern electrical direct water heating (DWH) equipments use electrical resistances built with metal alloys (iron-chrome-aluminum or nickel-chrome) as heating elements. Water temperature control is usually made with water flow control, as well as with resistance tap changing. The simplicity of this approach conflicts with to the lack of flexibility to allow simultaneous control of both water flow and its temperature. Therefore, an electronic power control is usually found in more sophisticated models. Usually the electronic power control is implemented by using phase angle control, which causes higher order current harmonics distortion of AC line currents, and filtering is difficult due to the high level of power involved and to the limited dimensions of typical electrical DWH equipment. The alternative for this type of power control is the cycle-by-cycle power control, which does not generate higher order current harmonics but creates line voltage variation, which in turn provokes lighting level variation and resulting unsteadiness on visual sensation, also known as flicker. The aim of the present work is to present an optimized solution for a half-cycle power control, in a way that does not generate harmonic distortion nor eye perceptible level of flicker.

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power quality eletrônica de potência energia elétrica (qualidade) power electronic

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