@inproceedings{3c8dabb82f854c5cb4f537d126c3d2bb,
title = "Harmonics induced by triac-based soft starting of an induction motor in a residential air conditioner",
abstract = "This work is focusing on the frequency analysis of a window type residential AC unit line current under timebased soft-starting control strategy. The control strategy assumes that only source voltage and current measurements are available. The soft-Starter is based on power electronic devises controlled through a firing signal generated by a programmed microcontroller during the first 500 ms. The frequency content shows the effect of the soft starter in exciting high frequency components of the line current. A Fast Fourier Transform as well as a body diagram analysis show that the high frequencies even or odd multiples of the fundamental line frequency are all excited by the soft-starter approach. Some these frequencies may harm the life cycle of the air-conditioner. The paper describes the experimental setup in details.",
keywords = "Air-conditioning, Harmonics, Soft-starter, Triac",
author = "{El Ferik}, S. and Belhadj, {C. A.} and L. Benamor and Hussain, {A. S.}",
year = "2006",
language = "English",
isbn = "0889865515",
series = "Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification, and Control, MIC",
pages = "137--142",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 25th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification, and Control, MIC 2006",
}