Title :
Harmonics in the early years of electrical engineering: a brief review of events, people and documents
Author :
Emanuel, Alexander Eigeles
Author_Institution :
Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a brief survey of the first engineering publications and events that dealt with nonsinusoidal voltage and current waveforms. It gives the glimpse of historical perspective, with the focus on the early nonlinear loads evolution and their impact on the power industry of that time
Keywords :
harmonic distortion; history; load (electric); power engineering; power system harmonics; electrical engineering; engineering publications; historical perspective; nonlinear loads evolution; nonsinusoidal current waveforms; nonsinusoidal voltage waveforms; power industry impact; power system harmonics; AC generators; Electrical engineering; Fourier series; Gaussian processes; History; Power engineering and energy; Power industry; Power system harmonics; Power system stability; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6499-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICHQP.2000.896990
