Numerical analysis of DC current distribution in AC power system near HVDC system

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 960-965

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Zhao, Jie ^b   Zeng, Rong ^a   He, Jinliang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Technology Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Current distribution; Grounding electrodes; HVDC transmission; Power systems; Transformers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; GROUNDING ELECTRODES;

AC POWER SYSTEMS; GROUND RETURN CURRENT;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 42249102740     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.908748     Document Type: Article

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