Measured efficiency improvements of induction motors with thyristor/triac controllers

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-444

  Fuchs, Ewald F ^a   Hanna, William J ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent power derating and real power capability of transformer; Efficiency improvement; Energy savings; Thyristor triac controller; Total harmonic distortion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TESTING; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POWER CONTROL; THYRISTORS; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 0036969811     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2002.805180     Document Type: Article

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