Constantin Budeanu

Constantin Budeanu
Born	(1886-02-28)February 28, 1886 Buzău, Kingdom of Romania
Died	February 27, 1959(1959-02-27) (aged 72) Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic
Alma mater	Politehnica University of Bucharest
Occupation	Electrical engineer
Awards	Order of Labour

Constantin Budeanu (28 February 1886 – 27 February 1959) was a Romanian electrical engineer who contributed to the analysis of electric networks states and the SI system of units.

Life and work

He was born in Buzău. In 1903 he was admitted at the School of Bridges, Roads and Mines, obtaining his engineering diploma in 1909. He then studied electricity in Paris with a V. Adamachi scholarship.

Budeanu proposed the unit electric reactive power (the term var) and he introduced the concept of deformed power in electric networks.^[1]

Writings

• Puissances reactives et fictives 1927
• Sistemul general practic de mărimi și unitati (The General Practical System of Quantities and Units) 1957

Awards

He was awarded the Order of Labour by the communist authorities of Romania.

Notes

1. IEC wepage Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine

References

• (in Romanian) I.S. Antoniu Constantin Budeanu monograph, Romanian Academy's Publisher 1986