DocumentCode
805768
Title
Wave Factors and Power Factor for General Voltage and Current Waveforms
Author
Richman, Peter
Issue
3
fYear
1975
Firstpage
420
Lastpage
424
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9421
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIECI.1975.351299
Filename
4159142
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