Statistical summation of the harmonic currents produced by a large number of single phase variable speed air conditioners: A study of three specific designs

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 953-959

  Gorgette, Frédéric A ^a,b   Lachaume, Jacques ^b   Grady, W Mack ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HARMONIC CURRENTS; VARIABLE SPEED AIR CONDITIONER (VSAC);

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0034223844     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.871358     Document Type: Article

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