The capacitor commutated converter (CCC) as an alternative for application in HVDC projects

IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics

Volumn I, Issue , 2003, Pages 432-437

  Rezek, A J J ^a   Dos Santos Izidoro, A A ^a   Souza De Sa J ^b   Da Fonseca, F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicacoes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bridge circuits; Capacitors; HVDC transmission; Impedance; Inductance; Newton method; Pulse transformers; US Department of Transportation; Valves; Voltage

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CAPACITORS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; INDUCTANCE; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; PULSE TRANSFORMERS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CAPACITOR COMMUTATED CONVERTERS; COMMUTATION CIRCUIT; COMMUTATION FAILURE; COMMUTATION PROCESS; HVDC TRANSMISSION; SHUNT COMPENSATION; SIMULATED RESULTS; US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 84944542350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2003.1267288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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