Harmonic Source Identification in Restructured Power System: Power quality problems in deregulated power industry

With the drawn competitive environment,electric power system restructuring is becoming a great concern of both the utilities and customers.The effect of power quality problem especially power system harmonics on the deregulated power sector has been considered in this dissertation.As identifying the high priority research areas related to harmonic loads in deregulated power system and investigating the advances made in this area over the last decade constitutes the main goal and to investigate the presence of harmonic source in the restructured power system and the identification of harmonic contributor at a particular bus present in the system is the main objective of this dissertation.