Neutral current compensation in three-phase, four-wire systems: A review

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 170-180

  Sreenivasarao, D ^a   Agarwal, Pramod ^a   Das, Biswarup ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Active power filters (APF); Harmonic elimination; Neutral current compensation; Power quality; Three phase four wire distribution system; Transformers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE POWER FILTERS; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; FOUR-WIRE; FOUR-WIRE SYSTEM; HARMONIC ELIMINATION; MATLAB/SIMULINK ENVIRONMENT; NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR; NEUTRAL CURRENT COMPENSATION; NEUTRAL CURRENTS; THREE-PHASE FOUR-WIRE; UNBALANCED LOADS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POWER QUALITY;

ACTIVE FILTERS;

EID: 84857051789     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2011.12.014     Document Type: Review

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