Title :
Wave Factors and Power Factor for General Voltage and Current Waveforms
Abstract :
The definition of power factor for general waveforms is reviewed. Several new quantities are defined, specifically rms, peak, and average wave factors. These are then related to power factor and crest factors. Methods for practical waveform characterization are developed, with emlphasis on the less general but more typical case of sinusoidal voltage drive with nonsinusoidal load current.
Keywords :
Capacitors; Choppers; Circuits; Commutation; Pulse generation; Pulse width modulation converters; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Thyristors; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIECI.1975.351299
