Power factor correction capacitors; Essentials and cautions

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 1317-1322

  Shwehdi, M H ^a   Sultan, M R ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Capacitor banks; Fundamentals on power factor correction (PFC); Harmonics; Interaction phenomena between PFC and power system elements; Resonance

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRICAL CAPACITY; ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS; HARMONIC AMPLIFICATION; SHUNT CAPACITORS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION;

EID: 0037478764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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