Mitigation of inrush currents in network transformers by reducing the residual flux with an ultra-low-frequency power source

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1563-1570

  Kovan, Baris ^a   De Leon, Francisco ^a   Czarkowski, Dariusz ^a   Zabar, Zivan ^a   Birenbaum, Leo ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inrush currents; mitigation of inrush currents; residual flux reduction; transformers

Indexed keywords

DC SOURCES; IN-RUSH CURRENT; LOW-VOLTAGE; POWER SOURCES; RESIDUAL FLUX; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC TRANSFORMERS; FEEDING;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 79959754320     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2102778     Document Type: Article

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