AIM ACTIVE FILTER MOVIE
The AIM Movie shows the AIM Active Filter dynamically correcting the load current, showing the effects via an oscilloscope and Fluke power meter.
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AIM MOVIE STILLS
STILL 1
Using an Oscilloscope, Yellow represents the Source current, Blue represents the Load current and Violet represents the Current Injected by the AIM Active Filter to compensate the Load current. In Still 1 you see the AIM Filter is switched OFF and the Source and Load current are the same, as they should be.
STILL 2
The AIM Filter is switched ON and has injected a current that is equal and opposite to the Load current plus injected a power factor correction component that will offset any lagging KVARs that are on your system.
STILL3
With the AIM Filter ON the Load is increased and decreased and the oscilloscope shows the AIM Filter dynamically correcting the Load current by immediately injecting a compensating current.
STILL 4
Here the Fluke 43B is showing a high harmonic spectrum (134% Total Harmonic Distortion).
The AIM Filter is OFF.
STILL 5
And now the AIM Filter is ON the harmonic spectrum is very low showing Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) come down from 134% to 15.7%.
