On the definition of total harmonic distortion and its effect on measurement interpretation

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 526-528

  Shmilovitz, Doron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Harmonic distortion; Nonlinear load; Nonsinusoidal waveforms; Power measurements; Power meters

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR LOAD; NONSINUSOIDAL WAVEFORMS; POWER METERS; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 12544255436     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.839744     Document Type: Article

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