Investigating the power quality of an electrical distribution system stressed by non-linear domestic appliances

Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 283-288

  Farooq, Haroon ^a   Zhou, Chengke ^a   Allan, Malcolm ^a   Farrag, Mohamed Emad ^a   Khan, R A ^b   Junaid, M ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rachna College of Engineering Technology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Distortion Power; Harmonic Distortion; Non linear Loads; PFtrue; Power Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890217852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2172038X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24084/repqj09.314     Document Type: Article

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