The Effects of Reduced Voltages on the Efficiency of Electric Loads

M. Chen, R.R. Shoults, Jack Fitzer, Herb Songster

IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems · 1982 · 44 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

The paper reports the results from Phase I of Electric Power Research Institute RP1419 and describes the efficiency of important power system loads as a function of voltage. A wide variety of loads have been tested at seven input voltages ranging 100/200 to 126/252 volts, and a methodology has been developed to estimate distribution system efficiency as it relates to the operating level of voltage.

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