Voltage source converter HVDC links - The state of the art and issues going forward

Energy Procedia

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-122

  Barnes, Mike ^a   Beddard, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HVDC; Offshore Connection; Voltage Source Converter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891115638     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.06.092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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