On Power Factor Improvement by Lossless Linear Filters under Nonlinear Nonsinusoidal Conditions

Recently, it has been established that the problem of power factor compensation for nonlinear loads with nonsinusoidal source voltage can be recast in terms of the property of cyclodissipativity. The purpose of this brief note is to review and to illustrate the application of this framework to the practical of passive reactive compensation of linear loads with a nonsinusoidal source voltage. We give criteria for determining the optimal values of the compensator parameters that depend of the spectral line of load susceptance and voltage source.