Precision calorimetry for the accurate measurement of losses in power electronic devices

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 278-284

  Weier, Sven ^a   Shafi, Mohsin A ^b   McMahon, Richard ^c  

^a WIND TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calorimeter; Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL); Component; Loss measurement; Mobile charger

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION TESTS; CELL PHONE; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; COMPONENT; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; LOSS MEASUREMENT; POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES; POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS;

CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

CALORIMETERS;

EID: 76249096729     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2036667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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