Filter design for harmonic reduction in high-voltage booster for railway applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 258-263

  Zanotto, Loris ^a   Piovan, Roberto ^a   Toigo, Vanni ^a   Gaio, Elena ^a   Bordignon, P ^b   Consani, Tito ^b   Fracchia, M ^c  

^a Consorzio RFX Assoc EURATOM/ENEA ^*  (Italy)

^b ASIRobicon   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Harmonic analysis; Rail transportation power system; Reactive power control; Saturable reactors; Static var compensators (SVCs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITERS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LOW PASS FILTERS; POWER CONTROL; RAILROAD SIGNAL SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; REACTIVE POWER; SATURABLE CORE REACTORS; THYRISTORS;

HARMONIC REDUCTION; HIGH VOLTAGE BOOSTER; RAIL TRANSPORTATION POWER SYSTEMS; REACTIVE POWER CONTROL; STATIC VAR COMPENSATORS (SVCS);

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 12544258494     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.835054     Document Type: Article

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