Prospects of Voltage-Sourced Converters (VSC) applications in DC transmission systems

2010 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America, T and D-LA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 491-495

  De Oliveira, A L P ^a   Tiburcio C E ^a   Lemes, M N ^a   Retzmann, D ^b  

^a Siemens Ltda   (Brazil)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grid Access; Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC); Power Electronics; Transmission Systems; Voltage Sourced Converters (VSC)

Indexed keywords

DC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; GRID ACCESS; GROWING DEMAND; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTER (MMC); POWER TRANSMISSION INDUSTRY; POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TECHNOLOGY ISSUES; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE SOURCED CONVERTERS;

DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSIONS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79957573521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TDC-LA.2010.5762927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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