A new method for evaluation of distribution system losses due to load unbalance

International Review of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Ciric, Rade M ^a   Nouri, Hassan ^b  

^a Science and Technological Development of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current unbalance; Distribution networks; Load unbalance; Losses; Voltage unbalance

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849510034     PISSN: 18276660     EISSN: 25332244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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