A low loss modular multilevel voltage source converter for HVDC power transmission and reactive power compensation

IET Conference Publications

Volumn 2010, Issue 570 CP, 2010, Pages

  Feldman, R ^a   Tomasini, M ^a   Clare, J C ^a   Wheeler, P ^a   Trainer, D R ^b   Whitehouse, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Alstom UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HVDC power transmission; M2C; VSC

Indexed keywords

AC TRANSMISSION; CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS; HVDC TRANSMISSION; HVDC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; LOW LOSS; M2C; REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LOSS; SIMULATION RESULT; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS; VSC;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER CONVERTERS; REACTIVE POWER; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79952639510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2010.1016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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