Manufacturing challenges of optical current and voltage sensors for utility applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3201, Issue , 1998, Pages 2-19

  Yakymyshyn, Christopher P ^a   Brubaker, Michael A ^b   Johnston, Paul M ^c   Reinhold, Chris ^d  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Consultant ^*  (United States)

^d ABB High Voltage Switchgear   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current; Faraday; Optical metering; Optical sensors; Pockels; Power system sensing; Voltage

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; FARADAY; OPTICAL METERING; POCKELS; POWER SYSTEM SENSING; VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; MANUFACTURE; MODULATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 1542284983     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.298003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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