Efficient modeling of modular multilevel HVDC converters (MMC) on electromagnetic transient simulation programs

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 316-324

  Gnanarathna, Udana N ^a   Gole, Aniruddha M ^a   Jayasinghe, Rohitha P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba HVDC Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic transients (EMT) simulation; HVDC transmission; modular multilevel converter (MMC); Thvenin's equivalents; voltage sourced converter (VSC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENTS; HVDC TRANSMISSION; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; THVENIN'S EQUIVALENTS; VOLTAGE SOURCED CONVERTERS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; TRANSIENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS;

EID: 78650912719     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2060737     Document Type: Article

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