HVDC SuperGrids with modular multilevel converters - The power transmission backbone of the future

International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2012 - Summary Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ahmed, Noman ^a   Norrga, Staffan ^a   Nee, Hans Peter ^a   Haider, Arif ^b   Van Hertem, Dirk ^c   Zhang, Lidong ^d   Harnefors, Lennart ^a,d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Etteplan Industry AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ABB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HVDC grid; Multi terminal; Multilevel Converters; Power Transmission; Voltage Source Converter (VSC)

Indexed keywords

AC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC GRID; HIGH VOLTAGE; HIGH-VOLTAGES; HVDC GRID; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTI TERMINALS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; PROTECTION SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUBMODULES; SUPERGRID; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER TRANSMISSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861621116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SSD.2012.6198119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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