Flicker analysis and methods for electric arc furnace flicker (EAF) mitigation (a survey)

2001 IEEE Porto Power Tech Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 508-513

  Zhang, Z ^a   Fahmi, N R ^a   Norris, W T ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EAF; Flicker assessment; Flicker mitigation; SVC; SVG STATCOM

Indexed keywords

EAF; FLICKER ASSESSMENTS; FLICKER MITIGATION; SVC; SVG/STATCOM;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FURNACES;

ELECTRIC FURNACES;

EID: 84861388373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2001.964651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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