Analysis of elevated neutral-to-earth voltage in distribution systems with harmonic distortion

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1696-1702

  Collins, Edward Randy ^a   Jiang, Jian ^b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b Aveva T and D   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth return path; Grounding; Harmonic analysis; Multiphase load flow; Neutral to earth voltage (NEV); Radial distribution systems; Stray voltage; Transmission line model

Indexed keywords

EARTH RETURN PATH; GROUNDING; MULTIPHASE LOAD FLOW; NEUTRAL-TO-EARTH VOLTAGE (NEV); RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; STRAY VOLTAGE; TRANSMISSION-LINE MODEL;

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC DISTORTION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650684298     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2009.921143     Document Type: Article

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