Thyristor and Gate Controlled Series Capacitors: Comparison of Components Rating

2003 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2542-2547

  De Souza, Luiz Felipe Wilcox ^a   Watanabe, Edson Hirokazu ^b   Alves, J E R ^a   Pilotto, Luis A S ^a  

^a CEPEL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

FACTS; GCSC; Series Compensation; TCSC

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GATES (TRANSISTOR); SWITCHING THEORY; THYRISTORS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

FACTS; GATE CONTROLLED SERIES CAPACITORS (GCSC); SERIES COMPENSATION; THYRISTOR CONTROLLED SERIES CAPACITORS (TCSC);

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 1542269209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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