An inrush mitigation technique of load transformers for the series voltage sag compensator

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2211-2221

  Chen, Yu Hsing ^a   Lin, Chang Yi ^b   Chen, Jhao Ming ^c   Cheng, Po Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b O2 Micro International Limited Inc   (Taiwan)

^c DELTA ELECTRONICS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flux linkage; inrush current; power quality; transformer; voltage sag; voltage sag compensator

Indexed keywords

FLUX LINKAGES; IN-RUSH CURRENT; TRANSFORMER; VOLTAGE SAG COMPENSATOR; VOLTAGE SAGS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC TRANSFORMERS; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; POWER TRANSFORMERS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; STATE FEEDBACK; SURVEYS; TRANSFORMER PROTECTION; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 79961241252     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2041793     Document Type: Article

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