• DocumentCode
    1525914
  • Title

    On the physical meaning of nonactive powers in three-phase systems

  • Author

    Cakareski, Zeljko ; Emanuel, Alexander E.

  • Author_Institution
    Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    47
  • Abstract
    This letter presents three-dimensional graphs of the Poynting vector distribution surrounding a three-phase line. Such displays help engineering students understand the physical mechanism of electric energy transmission and its separation in active and nonactive components
  • Keywords
    graphs; power supply quality; power system harmonics; power transmission; reactive power; Poynting vector distribution; active components; electric energy transmission; engineering students; harmonics; nonactive components; nonactive powers; power quality; three-dimensional graphs; three-phase line; three-phase systems; Conductors; Coordinate measuring machines; Engineering students; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Mathematical model; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Review, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/39.773787
  • Filename
    773787