Power Factor correction capacitors for utilising power consumption in industrial plants

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-308

  Aloquili, Osama M ^a   Abu Shikhah, Nazih M ^b  

^a Hashemite University   (Canada)

^b AL AHLIYYA AMMAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Capacitor banks; Optimisation model; Power consumption; Power factor improvement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT;

EID: 77952245233     PISSN: 14728923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2010.033100     Document Type: Article

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