Power electronics in future electrical power grids

Author

Jing Zhang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

8-11 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Power electronics may substantially improve the controllability and stability of electrical power grids. The high costs for system installation and maintenance as well as the relatively poor reliability of power electronics equipment compared to the traditional equipment make it difficult to be used widely in existing power grids. However, this situation may change if some new proposed designs of electrical power grids become realistic. This paper gives a discussion about power electronics in the future power grids.

Keywords

installation; maintenance engineering; power electronics; power system control; power system stability; smart power grids; transmission networks; FACTS; HVDC transmission line; controllability; electrical power grids; flexible AC transmission equipment; high voltage DC transmission line; maintenance; power electronics equipment; stability; system installation; Energy storage; Power electronics; Power system stability; Power transmission lines; Smart grids; digital grids; power electronics; power grids; smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 2013 4th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rogers, AR

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDG.2013.6785586

Filename

6785586