Title :
Tapping small amounts of power from HVDC transmission lines using parallel cascaded converters
Abstract :
Tapping small amounts of power from HVDC transmission lines for rural electrification, has been the desire of network planners, designers and researchers for many years. This work investigates a parallel-cascaded converter topology for tapping small amounts of power from HVDC transmission lines. Further the effect of the parallel tapping station on the main HVDC transmission link during start-up of the tapping station is displayed.
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; cascade systems; invertors; power system simulation; DC-to-DC converter; EMTDC; HVDC transmission lines; network designers; network planners; network researchers; parallel cascaded converters; parallel tapping station; rural electrification; small power tapping; voltage source inverter; Africa; Circuits; Costs; DC-DC power converters; HVDC transmission; Inverters; Power generation economics; Power transmission lines; Transmission line theory; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8605-1
DOI :
10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406773
