Voltage regulation on 25 kV AC railway systems by using thyristor switched capacitor

Proceedings of International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, ICHQP

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 633-638

  Celli, G ^a   Pilo, F ^a   Tennakoon, S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitors; Harmonic distortion; Power generation economics; Power harmonic filters; Power system economics; Rail transportation; Reactive power; Substations; Thyristors; Voltage control

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; ENGINES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; REACTIVE POWER; THYRISTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

COMPENSATION STRATEGY; ELECTRIFIED RAILWAY SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION ECONOMICS; POWER HARMONIC FILTERS; POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS; RAIL TRANSPORTATION; REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION; THYRISTOR SWITCHED CAPACITOR;

SWITCHED CAPACITOR FILTERS;

EID: 84873444121     PISSN: 15406008     EISSN: 21640610     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICHQP.2000.897752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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