DocumentCode
2673700
Title
The Next Generation of Power Electronics in Transmission and Distribution Applications
Author
Bassett, Roger ; Crookes, Will ; Lancaster, Adrian ; Tchouangue, Georges ; Yamano, Nobuaki
Author_Institution
AREVA T&D Technology Centre, Stafford, UK
fYear
2006
fDate
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 1 2006
Firstpage
2140
Lastpage
2143
Abstract
This paper describes AREVA T&D effort to develop a economically attractive VSC solution based on the IEGT. Its wide Safe Operating Area (SOA), leads to the elimination of anode reactance and a significant reduction in the size of snubbing components. These features combined with the simplified gate voltage control, self limiting current capability and reduction in the size of protection circuitry is expected to enable the size of installations to be drastically reduced.
Keywords
Circuit breakers; Costs; Paper technology; Power electronics; Power system reliability; Protection; Static VAr compensators; Switched capacitor networks; Technological innovation; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2006. EPE-PEMC 2006. 12th International
Conference_Location
Portoroz
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0121-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EPEPEMC.2006.4778724
Filename
4778724
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