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The frequency spectrum

The frequency spectrum is a practical graphical means of representing the harmonics contained in a periodic signal. The graph indicates the amplitude of each harmonic order. This type of representation is also referred to as spectral analysis.

Harmonic Detection And Filtering
Harmonic Detection And Filtering

The frequency spectrum indicates which harmonics are present and their relative importance. Devices causing harmonics are present in all industrial, commercial and residential installations.

Harmonics are caused by non-linear loads.


Definition of non-linear loads

A load is said to be non-linear when the current it draws does not have the same wave form as the supply voltage.


Examples of non-linear loads

Devices comprising power electronics circuits are typical non-linear loads. Such loads are increasingly frequent and their percentage in overall electrical consumption is growing steadily.

Examples include:

  • Industrial equipment (welding machines, arc furnaces, induction furnaces, rectifiers),
  • Variable-speed drives for asynchronous and DC motors,
  • Office equipment (PCs, photocopy machines, fax machines, etc.),
  • Household appliances (television sets, microwave ovens, fluorescent lighting, etc.),
  • UPSs.

Saturation of equipment (essentially transformers) may also cause non-linearcurrents.

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2 Comments


  1. Joshua Pacana
    Feb 26, 2019

    Thank you.


  2. Khalid Saeed Ahmad
    Feb 26, 2019

    Good effort for engineer’s refreshing their knowledge along with new developments.
    Thanks a lot.

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