Distorted Current Waveform; Waveforms Of The Harmonics - Electro Industries Shark 200 Installation & Operation Manual

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The distortion observed in Figure 1.11 can be modeled as the sum of several sinusoi-
dal waveforms of frequencies that are multiples of the fundamental 60 Hz frequency.
This modeling is performed by mathematically disassembling the distorted waveform
into a collection of higher frequency waveforms.
These higher frequency waveforms are referred to as harmonics. Figure 1.12 shows
the content of the harmonic frequencies that make up the distortion portion of the
waveform in Figure 1.11.
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Figure 1.11: Distorted Current Waveform
Figure 1.12: Waveforms of the Harmonics
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