• DocumentCode
    2789045
  • Title

    Tapping small amounts of power from HVDC transmission lines using parallel cascaded converters

  • Author

    Pietersen, D.

  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    15-17 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    691
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8605-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406773
  • Filename
    1406773