Overview of DC technology - Energy conversion

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Title	Overview of DC technology - Energy conversion
Publication Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	2013
Authors	Oñederra O, Odriozola H, Planas E, López I, López V
Conference Name	International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ’13)
Conference Location	Bilbao (Spain)
Keywords	dc circuit breakers, DC microgrids, DC power, hvdc, lvdc
Abstract	DC transmission and distribution systems have several advantages compared to classical AC system. This paper presents a review of DC technology, doing a special mention in HVDC. It addresses some issues like HVDC converter types, DC- DC converter topologies, DC transmission and distribution topologies, transmission cables and DC circuit breakers with the main manufacturers and commercial devices.
URL	http://www.icrepq.com/icrepq'13/396-onederra.pdf