Influence of compact fluorescent lamps on the power quality of weak low-voltage networks supplied by autonomous photovoltaic stations

2001 IEEE Porto Power Tech Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 259-263

  Vokas, G A ^a   Gonos, I F ^a   Korovesis, F N ^a   Topalis, F V ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Compact fluorescent lamps; Harmonic distortion; Harmonics; Photovoltaics; Power quality

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENTS; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOW ANALYSIS; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; HARMONIC CONTENTS; HARMONICS; LOW-VOLTAGE NETWORKS; NETWORK POWER; NONLINEAR LOAD; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION FACTOR; VOLTAGE DISTORTIONS;

ELECTRIC LINES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER QUALITY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861389978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2001.964608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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