Analysis of three-phase systems with neutral under distorted and unbalanced conditions in the symmetrical component-based framework

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 674-683

  Chicco, Gianfranco ^a   Postolache, Petru ^b   Toader, Cornel ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Industriale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Distribution systems; Harmonic distortion; Neutral current; Power quality standards; Symmetrical components; Unbalance

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC DISTORTION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POWER QUALITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NEUTRAL CURRENT; NEUTRAL CURRENT WAVEFORM; SYMMETRICAL COMPONENTS; THREE-PHASE SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS;

EID: 34147190840     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2006.887095     Document Type: Article

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