Going the distance: Power-electronics-based solutions for long-range bulk power transmission

IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-48

  Aredes, Maurício ^a   Dias, Robson ^b   Da Cunha De Aquino, Antonio Felipe ^c   Portela, Carlos ^a   Watanabe, Edson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONS ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK POWER; HALF-WAVE; HIGH-VOLTAGES; INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS; LONG DISTANCES; POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSIONS; POWER GRIDS; REMOTE POWER; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH TRANSMISSION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79953827040     PISSN: 19324529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIE.2011.940252     Document Type: Article

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