Application of the unified power quality conditioner for mitigating electric arc furnace disturbances

International Journal of Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-371

  Esfandiari, A ^a   Parniani, M ^a   Emadi, A ^b   Mokhtari, H ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric arc furnace; Power quality improvement; Unified power quality conditioner; Voltage disturbances

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATING SIGNAL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CURRENT VECTORS; DC LINKS; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; HARMONICS AND INTERHARMONICS; IMPROVING POWER; INTER-HARMONICS; LOW FREQUENCY; PHASE VOLTAGE; POINT OF COMMON COUPLING; POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REAL SYSTEMS; ROTATING REFERENCE FRAME; SHUNT ACTIVE FILTERS; SIMULATION RESULT; SINUSOIDAL WAVEFORMS; UNIFIED POWER QUALITY CONDITIONERS; VOLTAGE DISTURBANCES; VOLTAGE REFERENCE;

ACTIVE FILTERS; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEEL METALLURGY; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 77951260233     PISSN: 10783466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/Journal.203.2008.4.203-3677     Document Type: Article

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