HVDC converter using self-commutated devices

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1164-1173

  Al Dhalaan, Sulamain ^a   Al Majali, H D ^b   O'Kelly, Denis ^c  

^a SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Converters; Direct current transmission; Thyristors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THYRISTORS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); VOLTAGE CONTROL;

AUXILIARY THYRISTOR VALVES; SELF-COMMUTATED DEVICES;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0032204977     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.728343     Document Type: Article

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