Superconductor synchronous condenser for reactive power support in an electric grid

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 2146-2150

  Kalsi, Swarn S ^a   Madura, David ^a   Ingram, Mike ^b  

^a AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Tennessee Valley Authority Chattanoog   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitor; D VAR; FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission System); Reactive power; Reactors (inductors); STATCOM (Static Shunt Compensator); SuperVAR; SVC (Static VAR Compensator); VAR (Volt Ampere reactive)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; REACTIVE POWER; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE;

D-VAR; FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISISON SYSTEMS (FACTS); STATIC SHUNT COMPENSATOR (STATCOM); STATIC VAR COMPENSATOR (SVC); SUPERVAR; VOLT-AMPERE-REACTIVE (VAR);

CAPACITORS;

EID: 22044450370     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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