Power quality solutions for light rail public transportation systems fed by medium-voltage underground cables

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1017-1029

  Terciyanli, Alper ^a   Açik, Adnan ^b   Çetin, Alper ^b   Ermis, Muammer ^c   Çadirci, Işik ^d   Ermis, Cezmi ^a   Demirci, Turan ^a   Bilgin, Hazm Faruk ^a  

^a Uzay Teknolojileri Araptyrma Enstitusu Turkey   (Turkey)

^b Endoks Energy Systems   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active filters; current source converter (CSC); harmonic distortion; harmonics; power quality (PQ)

Indexed keywords

12 PULSE; ACTIVE POWER FILTER; COMPLETE SOLUTIONS; CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS; CURRENT SOURCES; FIELD TEST; HARMONIC FILTERING; HARMONICS; LIGHT RAIL; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION; SHUNT REACTORS; THEORETICAL RESULT;

ACTIVE FILTERS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; FILTRATION; HARMONIC DISTORTION; UNDERGROUND CABLES;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84861443825     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2012.2190569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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