A controversial issue: Power components in nonsinusoidal single-phase systems

This paper presents a numerical comparison and a discussion on apparent power decompositions in single phase circuits with sinusoidal/nonsinusoidal voltages and/or currents for the purpose of understanding the debate on the interpretation of power components. The scope of this study is limited to the apparent power decompositions of IEEE Std. 1459-2010 and C. I. Budeanu who is the owner of the first three dimensional approach. The points which are in common and separated from each other are given by numerical analysis. In addition, the content of IEEE's harmonic distortion power (D
_H
) is introduced in terms of power components.