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Dran-View 6 User Guide
A
n
is the peak amplitude of the nth harmonic sine/cosine. In Dran-View you may
read rms amplitudes from the DFT Chart, a Text Label containing either the
$DFTDETAILSFULL or $DFTDETAILSBASIC control codes, or a Phasor. These
values may be converted to peak form by multiplying them by the square root of
two. Because the energy generation potential of a voltage or amperage harmonic
signal is proportional to the Root Mean Square (RMS) of the peak value, Dran-
View displays these values in RMS format for convenience. Using the rms values
you can easily compute the rms energy in any subset of harmonics by taking the
square root of the sum of their rms amplitudes squared. This becomes useful if you
are interested in the energy contribution of a small subset of harmonics rather than
the total harmonic energy which Dran-View provides directly. For example, to find
the rms contribution of the third and fifth, sum their squared values and take the
square root. To convert to percent of the total, divide by the Total RMS value.
ω is the angular frequency. Conventionally this is 2πf
1
where f
1
is the fundamental
frequency in reciprocal seconds (one over the period, T
1
) and 2π is in radians.
Dran-View expresses all angles in degrees so this value resolves to 360°/T
1
where
T
1
is the fundamental period in seconds. Note that in special situations the period T
1
may be an integral fraction of the time range used for the transform. This rule
applies primarily when more than one fundamental wave is highlighted, and
Min/Max/Avg mode is selected.
t is in seconds.
δ Is the positive modulo 360 degree phase angle offset at t equals zero.
Note that the phase offset, δ
n
, is subtracted in the cosine expansion and added in the
sine expansion. The cosine expansion is included as an option primarily because it
is the form that many texts on the subject of Fourier Analysis prefer to use. It is not
the preferred form for power calculations. Agreement with math texts is also the
reason that the minus sign was preserved in the cosine expansion above. Negating
the un-normalized cosine expansion δ
n
before presentation in the Dran-View would
have allowed the sine and cosine expansion forms to be analogous (it would be
much easier to remember that way). Because of the preponderance of cosine
transforms in texts, you are more likely to get agreement using the cosine transform
option if you are using a typical textbook application to do your own transforms on
the same data. In the power industry, the sine transform makes the most sense and
is the preferred form. For example, the phase relationship of a positive sequence
three phase system is usually expressed as 0, 240 and 120 degrees for phases A, B
and C, respectively.
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