Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transformerless single-phase unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) for large scale LED lighting networks
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Application No.: US16185668Application Date: 2018-11-09
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Publication No.: US10728981B2Publication Date: 2020-07-28
- Inventor: Ngai Man Ho , Radwa Abdalaal , Henry Shu Hung Chung
- Applicant: University of Manitoba
- Applicant Address: CA Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Assignee: University of Manitoba
- Current Assignee: University of Manitoba
- Current Assignee Address: CA Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Agency: Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
- Main IPC: H05B45/37
- IPC: H05B45/37 ; H05B45/44 ; H05B45/00

Abstract:
Low cost and low power LED lamps exhibit current harmonic contents due to their nonlinear characteristics. A large scale lighting network requires tens to hundreds LED lamp installations, the resultant harmonic currents pollute the grid seriously. Furthermore, light intensity fluctuations are becoming a concern nowadays to many users, as a safety and a health problems. This phenomenon is mainly caused by heavy loads as they lead to voltage fluctuations and deteriorating in PQ and hence visual flickering in LED lamps. A single phase transformer-less unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) topology is provided with its controls to mitigate all PQ problems in a network.
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