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e-Prime: Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and EnergyVoltage Source Converters (VSCs) operating as active rectifiers inherently lack current-limiting capabilities for faults occurring on the DC side due to the presence of freewheeling diodes in IGBT or MOSFET structures.
Evangelos E. Pompodakis +1 more
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Feasibility and Simulation Study of DC Hybrid Circuit Breakers
, 2014 Interruption of DC is more challenging than that of AC because of the absence of DC zero-crossings. This thesis proposes an alternative counter-voltage (ACV) DC hybrid circuit breaker (DC-HCB).
Shang, Yang
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Electronically Assisted Direct Current Circuit Breakers
, 2019 DC power is gaining tractions recently, however, DC fault protection remains a major technical challenge. Popular and cost-effective AC mechanical circuit breakers do not offer sufficient DC interruption capability.
Feng, Yanjun
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Estimation of vacuum condition in vacuum circuit breakers
, 1998 In this paper a method is described for the estimation of the pressure inside vacuum circuit breakers which have been in operation for several years. The method is applicable for measurements in the field and uses only electrical measurement techniques ...
Gruntjes, R.J.B. +2 more
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Review of HVDC Circuit Breakers Topologies
, 2017 Voltage Source Converter-High Voltage Direct Current (VSC-HVDC) is the most efficient and reliable method for electrical power transmission over long distances.
Muriithi, Christopher M. +3 more
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A DC circuit breaker for an electric vehicle battery pack
, 1999 Electric vehicle battery packs require DC circuit breakers for safety. These must break thousands of Amps DC at hundreds of Volts. The Sunshark solar racing car has a 140V 17Ahr battery box which needs such a breaker.
Walker, G. R., Walker, Geoffrey R.
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IEEE AccessHigh-voltage dc (HVDC) transmission systems are commonly used to connect offshore wind power plants (WPPs) with onshore ac grids. However, conventional half-bridge-based modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are vulnerable to dc faults, making it ...
Mitsuyoshi Enomoto +3 more
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HVDC circuit breakers modeling in multiterminal grids
, 2017 Transition towards sustainable energy systems lead to transformation of the existing electrical power grids. One of the key enabling technologies for this transformation is high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology that has range of advantages ...
Yanushkevich, Alexander
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