• DocumentCode
    3358396
  • Title

    Effects of power disturbances on sensitive loads

  • Author

    Cumbria, N. ; DeRegt, M. ; Rao, N.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    9-12 May 1999
  • Firstpage
    1181
  • Abstract
    This paper investigates the effects of electrical disturbances as they apply to various household sensitive loads, namely personal computers (PCs) and household appliances. In testing, the PC was subjected to overvoltages, outages, as well as momentary and temporary undervoltages to simulate brownouts and blackouts on the system. The various household appliances were also subjected to said undervoltages, and a study was completed on the effects of surges on these appliances.
  • Keywords
    domestic appliances; load (electric); power supply quality; power system faults; blackouts; brownouts; household appliances; momentary undervoltages; personal computers; power disturbances effects; sensitive loads; surge effects; temporary undervoltages; Circuit faults; Frequency; Home appliances; Lightning; Power quality; Steady-state; Surges; Switching circuits; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999 IEEE Canadian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • ISSN
    0840-7789
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5579-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCECE.1999.808228
  • Filename
    808228