Measuring electric power quality: Problems and perspectives

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Ferrero, Alessandro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric power quality; Measurement of distorted quantities; Non sinusoidal systems

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT;

CURRENTS AND VOLTAGES; DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY; MEASUREMENT OF DISTORTED QUANTITIES; NON-SINUSOIDAL SYSTEMS; POWER QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TRANSIENT DISTURBANCES;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 67349116077     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2006.03.004     Document Type: Review

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