AC vs. DC distribution: A loss comparison

Transmission and Distribution Exposition Conference: 2008 IEEE PES Powering Toward the Future, PIMS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Starke, Michael ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^a,b   Ozpineci, Burak ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DC power systems; Losses; Power distribution; Power system modeling

Indexed keywords

AC POWER; CURRENT POWER; DC DISTRIBUTION; DC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DC LOAD; DC POWER SYSTEMS; DC SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; FUEL CELLS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 77950981216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2008.4517256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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