Analysis of converter transformer failure in HVDC systems and possible solutions

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 814-821

  Bhuvaneswari, G ^a   Mahanta, B C ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b NTPC LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Commutation overlap; Converter transformer failure; Harmonics; HVDC system

Indexed keywords

COMMUTATION OVERLAP; CONVERTER TRANSFORMER FAILURE; ELECTRIC POWER UTILITIES; HARMONICS; HVDC SYSTEM; HVDC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; MATLAB/SIMULINK ENVIRONMENTS; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; PARALLEL CAPACITORS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; SECONDARY WINDINGS;

DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; PASSIVE FILTERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WINDING;

TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

EID: 67349124731     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2009.2014271     Document Type: Article

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