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Unbalance

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Electric Power Quality

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The chapter starts with an introduction of unbalance. Conventional definition of unbalance is discussed. It then describes main sources of unbalance in electric power system. Then effects of unbalance in power system are mentioned.

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Chattopadhyay, S., Mitra, M., Sengupta, S. (2011). Unbalance. In: Electric Power Quality. Power Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0635-4_3

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