Novel comprehensive control framework for incorporating VSCs to smart power grids using bidirectional synchronous-VSC

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 943-957

  Ashabani, Mahdi ^a   Mohamed, Yasser Abdel Rady I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control topology; dc link voltage regulation; power control; voltage source converters (VSCs)

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE CONTROLS; CONTROL TOPOLOGIES; CONVERTER SYNCHRONIZATION; DC-LINK VOLTAGE CONTROLS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; RENEWABLE GENERATION; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE; VOLTAGE-SOURCE CONVERTER;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; POWER CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; SMART POWER GRIDS; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY; TOPOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84897624445     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2287291     Document Type: Article

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