Feasibility of DC transmission networks

IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jovcic, Dragan ^a   Van Hertem, Dirk ^b   Linden, Kerstin ^c   Taisne, Jean Pierre ^d   Grieshaber, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ABB   (Sweden)

^d RTE ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circuit Breakers; HVDC transmission; HVDC Transmission Control; Power Converters

Indexed keywords

CURRENT STATUS; DC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; DC FAULT; DC GRID; DC TRANSMISSION; HVDC TRANSMISSION; HVDC TRANSMISSION CONTROL; MULTI-TERMINAL HVDC; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; SYSTEM LEVELS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TRAVELLING WAVES; VSC-HVDC; WORK PACKAGES;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; EXHIBITIONS; FUSION REACTIONS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER CONVERTERS; SMART POWER GRIDS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 84860761088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2011.6162829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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