An overview of self-commutating converters and their application in transmission and distribution

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-7

  Liu, Y H ^a   Zhang, R H ^a   Arrillaga, J ^b   Watson, N R ^b  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COMMUTATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER TRANSMISSION; RELIABILITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; TECHNOLOGY;

DC TRANSMISSION AREA; FACTS TECHNOLOGY; HVDC LIGHT TECHNOLOGY; SELF-COMMUTATING CONVERTERS; DC TRANSMISSION; LIGHT TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 33746486158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2005.1546792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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