Electrical interconnection offshore: The benefits and the limitations

International Maritime Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 207-228

  Smith, K S ^a,c,d   Ran, L ^a,c,e,f   Yacamini, R ^a,b,c,g,h,i  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Electrical Power Systems   (United Kingdom)

^e CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Three Gorges Hydro Power Plant

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h North Sea Oil Industry

ⁱ North Sea Oil Industry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

MEDIUM VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT TRANSMISSION; OFFSHORE ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

EID: 0032266718     PISSN: 03093948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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