100 Years of Symmetrical Components

Gianfranco Chicco and Andrea Mazza
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Gianfranco Chicco: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 20129 Torino, Italy
Andrea Mazza: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 20129 Torino, Italy

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: 28 June 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the first presentation on symmetrical components made by Charles LeGeyt Fortescue at the 34th Annual Convention of the American Institute of the Electrical Engineers in Atlantic City (NJ, USA). The introduction of the symmetrical component concept was immediately seen as a milestone for electrical system studies, and many applications have been developed during the ensuing years. Today, refined or advanced contributions to conceptual and practical aspects of electrical applications are still being proposed based on the powerful structure of symmetrical components. This paper recalls the most significant steps made in the electrical engineering field after the introduction of the symmetrical component theory, and indicates recent developments concerning the studies on electrical machines, harmonics and interharmonics in different applications, and the operation of power and distribution systems with distributed energy resources.

Keywords: symmetrical components; sequence; three-phase; power system; electrical machine; distribution system; faults; harmonic; short circuit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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