Steady-state analysis of an induction generator self-excited by a capacitor in parallel with a saturable reactor

Electric Machines and Power Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 617-625

  Alghuwainem, S M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Induction Generators; Saturable Reactors; Self Excitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042123034     PISSN: 0731356X     EISSN: 15210502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07313569808955845     Document Type: Article

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