Mitigation of transformer saturation due to neutral HVDC currents

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-6

  Dawalibi, F P ^a,b   Li, Y ^b   Li, C ^c   Liu, J ^b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b Safe Engineering Service and Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

^c Jiangsu Electric Power Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Fault condition; HVDC electrode; HVDC monopolar operation; Mitigation; Overhead shield wire; Soil potentials; Soil resistivity; Transformer neutral currents; Transformer saturation; Transmission grounding

Indexed keywords

FAULT CONDITION; HVDC ELECTRODES; HVDC MONOPOLAR OPERATION; MITIGATION; OVERHEAD SHIELD WIRES; SOIL POTENTIALS; SOIL RESISTIVITY; TRANSFORMER NEUTRAL CURRENTS; TRANSFORMER SATURATION; TRANSMISSION GROUNDING; NEUTRAL CURRENTS; OVERHEAD SHIELD WIRE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATION THEORY; DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 33746549098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2005.1546818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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