SVC Light: A utility's aid to restructuring its grid

2000 IEEE Power Engineering Society, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 2577-2581

  Larsson, T ^a   Grunbaum R ^b   Ratering Schnitzler, B ^c  

^a ABB Power Systems ^*  (Sweden)

^b ABB Power Systems   (Germany)

^c RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

arc furnace; flicker; IGBT; measurements; mitigation; power quality; simulation; STATCOM; SVC; SVC Light; VSC

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FLICKERING; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); MEASUREMENTS; POWER QUALITY; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATORS;

ARC FURNACES; MITIGATION; SIMULATION; SVC; SVC LIGHTS; VSC;

STATIC VAR COMPENSATORS;

EID: 79959713465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESW.2000.847288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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