High-voltage dc transmission: A power electronics workhorse

IEEE Spectrum

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 63-72

  Hingorani, Narain G ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PHASE SHIFTERS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RELIABILITY; THYRISTORS;

FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; HIGH VOLTAGE DC INTERCONNECTION;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030127790     PISSN: 00189235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6.486634     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. This article is part of a series of articles on power electronics, two of which are "Power Electronics in Action" by Gadi Kaplan and "Power ICs in the saddle" by Jayant Baliga, which appeared in the July 1995 issue of IEEE Spectrum, pp. 32-49.
2. A novel approach to the control of power flow in ac transmission system through power electronics concept of Flexible Ac Transmission Systems is discussed by this author in an earlier article entitled "Flexible ac transmission," Spectrum, April 1993, pp. 40-45.
3. Addressing the changes in customers' needs of higher reliability and quality of the electric supply, a novel approach based on application of power electronics in the electric distribution system is discussed by this author in an earlier article entitled "Introducing Custom Power," Spectrum, June 1995, pp. 41-48.
4. HVDC was described as a viable alternative to ac transmission for long-distance routes in an article by F. J. Ellert and this author entitled "HVDC for the long run," Spectrum, August 1976, pp. 36-42.
5. Books treating HVDC in depth include: High-Voltage Direct Current Handbook prepared by GE Industrial and Power Systems Engineering Department, 1994, for the Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif.
6. HVDC Power Transmission Systems by K.R. Padyar (Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, India, 1990).
7. High Voltage Direct Current Transmission by J. J. Arrillaga, IEE Power Engineering Series 6 (Peter Peregrinus Ltd., Stevenage, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, 1983).