Reactive power loading of components within a modular multi-level HVDC VSC converter

2011 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference, EPEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 86-90

  Barker, C D ^a   Kirby, N M ^b  

^a Alstom UK   (United Kingdom)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

HVDC transmission; power electronics; reactive power control

Indexed keywords

AC POWER SYSTEMS; CIRCUIT APPLICATION; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; DE FACTO STANDARD; HVDC TRANSMISSION; MAIN CIRCUIT; MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTI-LEVEL; POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS; REACTIVE POWER CAPABILITY; REAL POWER; STATCOM;

ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY; POWER ELECTRONICS; REACTIVE POWER; TOPOLOGY;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 82955194532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPEC.2011.6070259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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