Voltage versus var/power-factor regulation on synchronous generators

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1682-1686

  Eberly, Thomas W ^a   Schaefer, Richard C ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

^b Basler Electric Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitation systems; Synchronous generator; Var power factor (PF) controllers; Voltage regulators

Indexed keywords

BRUSH CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; POWER CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EXCITATION SYSTEM; POWER FACTOR CONTROLLERS; POWER FACTOR REGULATION; POWER SEMICONDUCTORS;

SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

EID: 0036874312     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2002.805560     Document Type: Article

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