Variable frequency transformer - Concept and electromagnetic design evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 989-996

  Merkhouf, Arezki ^a   Doyon, Pierre ^a   Upadhyay, Sanjoy ^a  

^a General Electric Company Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asynchronous rotating machines; Flexible ac transmission system; High voltage dc (HVdc) substations; Interconnected power systems; Load flow control; Phase angle regulator; Phase shifting transformer; Power transmission; Rotating transformer

Indexed keywords

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTROMAGNETS; FLOW CONTROL; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; POWER CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER TRANSMISSION; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION;

ASYNCHRONOUS ROTATING MACHINES; FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; HIGH-VOLTAGE DC (HVDC) SUBSTATIONS; INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS; LOAD FLOW CONTROL; PHASE ANGLE REGULATOR; PHASE-SHIFTING TRANSFORMER; ROTATING TRANSFORMER;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 57749111759     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2008.2001460     Document Type: Article

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