Specific products to attenuate harmonics

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Passive filters
Passive filters are made up of coils and capacitors set up in resonant circuits tuned to the specific harmonic order that must be eliminated.
A system may comprise a number of filters to eliminate several harmonic orders.
Suitable for 400 V three-phase voltages, the power ratings can reach:

  • 265 kvar / 470 A for harmonic order 5
  • 145 kvar / 225 A for harmonic order 7
  • 105 kvar / 145 A for harmonic order 11

Passive filters can be created for all voltage and current levels.

Active filters

  • SineWave active harmonic conditioners

  - Suitable for 400 V three-phase voltages, they can deliver between 20 and 120 A per phase
  - SineWave covers all harmonic orders from 2 to 25. Conditioning can be total or target specific harmonic orders
  - Attenuation: THDi load / THDi upstream greater than 10 at rated capacity
  - Functions include power factor correction, conditioning of zero-sequence harmonics, diagnostics and maintenance system, parallel
    connection, remote control, Ibus/RS485 communication interface  

  • Accusine active filters

  - Suitable for 400 and 480 V three-phase voltages, they can filter between 50 and 30 A per phase
  - All harmonic orders up to 50 are filtered
  - Functions include power factor correction, parallel connection, instantaneous response to load variations

Hybrid filters
These filters combine the advantages of both a passive filter and the SineWave active harmonic conditioner in a single system.

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