LCC analysis of different resonant circuits and solid-state circuit breakers for medium-voltage grids

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1414-1420

  Meyer, Christoph ^a   De Doncker, Rik W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circuit breakers; Costs; Current limiters; Fault current limiters; Life cycle costing; Power distribution; Power quality; Protection

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; RESONANT CIRCUITS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; POWER QUALITY;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745600369     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2005.861334     Document Type: Article

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