RT Journal Article
T1 Apparent power and power factor in unbalanced and distorted systems. Applications in three phase load compensations
A1 Salmerón Revuelta, Patricio
A1 Rodríguez Vázquez, Jesús
A1 Sánchez Herrera, María Reyes
A1 Pérez Litrán, Salvador
AB The apparent power and the derived power factorare two of the quantities of the biggest use and applicationinside the Electric Engineering. However, nowadays itcontinues staying the controversy on their definitions and moreappropriate meaning in the most general situations in unbalanceand distortion, and unequal resistances in the distribution lines.In the last years they have been distinguished two focusesconcerning the functional definitions of apparent power: theEuropean approach, more theoretical and better developed, andthe American approach, more practical focus but with smallerrigor. Although from the point of view of their practicalapplication, the use of a definition or another doesn't supposeimportant numeric differences, if present differ from theconceptual point of view. This is made notice in applicationsthat suppose the use of modern equipments of staticcompensation. The apparent power of the European approach inits conception only permits parallel compensation, while theapparent power of the American approach admits the seriesparallelcompensation. This paper introduces the definitions ofapparent power of both approaches and it establishes adiscussion on its application in the three-phases loadscompensation.
PB European Association for the Development of Renewable Energies, Environment and Power Quality
SN 2172-038X
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19820
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19820
LA eng
NO Salmerón, P., Vázquez, J. R., Herrera, R. S., & Litrán, S. P. (2007). Apparent power and power factor in unbalanced and distorted systems. Applications in three phase load compensations. Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal, 1(05), 442–447. https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj05.312
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026