Highly accurate fiber-optic dc current sensor for the electrowinning industry

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 180-187

  Bohnert, Klaus ^a   Brändle, Hubert ^a   Brunzel, Martin Georg ^a   Gabus, Philippe ^a   Guggenbach, Peter ^a  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Current measurement; Current transducer; Electroprocess; Faraday effect; Fiber optic current sensor (FOCS); High power conversion; Optical fiber devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLYSIS; METAL RECOVERY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROCESS CONTROL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ELECTROWINNING INDUSTRY; FIBER-OPTIC CURRENT SENSOR; HIGH-POWER CONVERSION;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 33947200218     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.887311     Document Type: Article

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