This paper presented with problems related with voltage flicker in power system networks. Several international standard issued to control the voltage flicker are briefly described and some important methods to analyse electrical circuits with sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal waveforms are introduced and evaluated. One of these methods-Cockcroft Walton Voltage Multiplier (CWVM) has been used to increase the voltage of a filter, which is also described in this paper as a practical application. The filter can compensate for harmonic currents, power factor, and unbalance voltage.The simulation results using Multisimare presented, showing that good dynamic and steady-state response can be achieved with this approach.
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CWVM
INTRODUCTIONVoltage interruption and fluctuation are the most significant power quality disturbances for consumers due to their significant unfavourable impact on electronic equipment. The system voltage fluctuation mainly caused by the faults in the power system and sometimes by the energization of large Induction Motors. In the early 90s, the impact of voltage fluctuation was measured using magnitude and duration indices and compared with the power quality envelope. Therefore, fluctuation creates competition among utilities to provide their customers with reliable power quality (PQ). PQ means voltage quality (VQ) from the customers" perspective [1]. This perspective motivates PQ research towards the mitigation of VQ problems in order to improve PQ in distribution systems. Although much work has been done in the extraction and compensation of each common PQ disturbance, few compensation strategies for several VQ problems have been developed [2]. In fact, there is a tremendous need for such generalised compensation strategies because of high probability for finding several VQ problems existing at the same bus, the same feeder or at the same load [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. On the other hand, a utility is likely to take sufficient measures that limit the interruptions due to voltage fluctuations. The utility should evaluate the voltage performance of the distribution system by performing studies that will provide it with information on the voltage magnitude, duration, and frequency at a node where a sensitive load is likely to be connected. If the sag performance is inadequate, the utility should take measures to improve that performance. An alternate approach to assess the voltage performance is by means of computer simulation. Two methods that are generally used are the method of fault positions and the method of critical distances [10]. The voltage sag performance of a hypothetical distribution system has been assessed in reference [11]. This study uses the Kalman filter, the