Signal injection strategies for smart metering network deployment in multitransformer secondary substations

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2855-2861

  Sendin, Alberto ^a   Guerrero, Roberto ^a   Angueira, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coupling; distribution transformers; injection; power distribution; power line communications (PLC); power line intelligent metering evolution (PRIME); smart grids; smart metering

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER LINES; POWER-LINE COMMUNICATIONS; SMART GRID; SMART METERING;

ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; POWER QUALITY; SMART POWER GRIDS;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 80054078489     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2011.2165737     Document Type: Article

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