Title :
What is wrong with electric power theory and how it should be modified
Author_Institution :
Electr. Power Res. Ltd., UK
Abstract :
In this paper, conventional AC power theory is fundamentally investigated and a new concept is presented. It is shown that reactive power, defined as the peak value of one of the oscillatory components of the instantaneous power, cannot be obtained in the frequency domain. The discrepancy between frequency and time domain results is presented. It is also shown that in the new concept, reactive power is determined in both time and frequency domains as an imaginary DC value, and the method is consistent for all system topologies. Apparent power is independent of the reference point voltage
Keywords :
power systems; AC power theory; apparent power; electric power theory modification; frequency domain; imaginary DC value; instantaneous power; oscillatory components; peak value; power system topologies; reactive power; reference point voltage; time domain;
Conference_Titel :
Metering and Tariffs for Energy Supply, 1999. Ninth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 462)
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-7144
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19990116