• DocumentCode
    846818
  • Title

    Portable harmonics meter evaluates transformer heating

  • Author

    Bishop, M.T. ; Gilker, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Cooper Power Systems, Franksville, WI, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    41
  • Lastpage
    44
  • Abstract
    Harmonic heating effects on transformers are discussed. A metering technique specifically designed for these necessary measurements that uses a portable harmonics meter controlled by a notebook or laptop personal computer (PC) is presented. No-load and load transformer losses are discussed. A description of the K-FACTOR method is given.<>
  • Keywords
    harmonics; heating; losses; meters; power engineering computing; power transformers; K-FACTOR method; harmonic heating; laptop personal computer; load transformer losses; no-load transformer losses; notebook personal computer; portable harmonics meter; ANSI standards; Electrical equipment industry; Frequency; Heating; Magnetic cores; Manufacturing; Power system harmonics; Power transformers; Standards development; Transformer cores;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Applications in Power, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0895-0156
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/67.160046
  • Filename
    160046