Sensitivity of personal computers to voltage sags and short interruptions

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 375-383

  Djokić, Saša Ž ^a   Desmet, Jan J M ^b   Vanalme, Greet ^b   Milanović, Jovica V ^a   Stockman, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Malfunction criterion; Power quality; Short interruption; Voltage sag; Voltage tolerance curve

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TESTING; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

MALFUNCTION CRITERION; POWER QUALITY; SHORT INTERRUPTION; VOLTAGE SAGS; VOLTAGE TOLERANCE CURVE;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 12544253378     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.837828     Document Type: Article

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