Electric Power Substations Engineering, 3rd Edition

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High-Voltage Power Electronic Substations

Dietmar Retzmann

Siemens AG

Asok Mukherjee

Siemens AG

5.1    Introduction

5.2    HVDC Converters

5.3    FACTS Controllers

5.4    Converter Technologies: For Smart Power and Grid Access

5.5    Control and Protection System

5.6    Losses and Cooling

5.7    Civil Works

5.8    Reliability and Availability

5.9    Outlook and Future Trends

Acknowledgments

References

5.1  Introduction

The preceding sections on gas-insulated substations (GIS), air-insulated substations (AIS), and high-voltage switching equipment apply in principle also to the AC circuits in high-voltage power electronic substations. This section focuses on the specifics of power electronic controllers as applied in substations for power transmission ...