Assessing and limiting impact of transformer inrush current on power quality

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 890-896

  Nagpal, Mukesh ^a   Martinich, Terrence G ^a   Moshref, Ali ^b   Morison, Kip ^b   Kundur, P ^b  

^a BC HYDRO   (Canada)

^b POWERTECH LABS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP); Inrush current; Power quality; Transformer modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; TRANSIENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENTS PROGRAM (EMTP); POWER QUALITY; TRANSFORMER INRUSH CURRENT; TRANSFORMER MODELING;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 33645746262     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2005.858782     Document Type: Article

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