Title :
History and trends of converter technology for DC and AC transmission in Japan
Author :
Yoshino, Tomonobu
Author_Institution :
Power Electron. Syst. Div., Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electr. Ind. Syst. Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The paper introduces development history and trends of converter technology for DC and AC transmission in Japan. The high voltage converter development started in 1960s in Japan. The paper describes technology trends in various aspects including semiconductor device, converter insulation, cooling, circuit topology and control. The paper covers the converter applications for HVDC, SVC and STATCOM associated with typical circuit topologies. For the control trends, the sophisticated performance requirements are introduced in addition to the hardware development. Finally, the paper tries to discuss future trends of converter technology in this field.
Keywords :
HVDC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; frequency convertors; network topology; power semiconductor devices; power transmission control; static VAr compensators; AC transmission; DC transmission; HVDC; Japan; STATCOM; SVC; circuit topologies; converter insulation; converter technology; cooling; frequency converter station; high voltage converter development; semiconductor device; Automatic voltage control; Cooling; Logic gates; Market research; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors; Valves; Frequecy converter station; High voltage DC transmission system; Static Var Compensator; Thyristor valve;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Hiroshima 2014 - ECCE-ASIA), 2014 International
Conference_Location :
Hiroshima
DOI :
10.1109/IPEC.2014.6870050
