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Sag, Swell, Interruption, Undervoltage and Overvoltage

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Electric Power Quality

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This chapter highlights the power system disturbances related to rise or fall of rms voltage. Then it describes these disturbances one after another along with their main causes and effects.

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Chattopadhyay, S., Mitra, M., Sengupta, S. (2011). Sag, Swell, Interruption, Undervoltage and Overvoltage. In: Electric Power Quality. Power Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0635-4_6

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