Short-circuit and ground fault analyses and location in VSC-based DC network cables

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3827-3837

  Yang, Jin ^a   Fletcher, John E ^b   O'Reilly, John ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault analysis; fault location; multiterminal dc network; voltage source converter (VSC)

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; LOCATION; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DC-LINK CAPACITANCE; FAULT ANALYSIS; GROUND FAULT ANALYSIS; MULTITERMINAL DC NETWORKS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; SHORT-CIRCUIT FAULT; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER (VSC);

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84860456866     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2162712     Document Type: Article

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