Efficiency and Reliability Assessment-Based Selection of the Optimal Common Bus in Hub-Stations

This paper is an attempt to present a simple yet innovative planning method for determining the type of common bus in hub station (HS), devised on efficiency and reliability grounds. The evaluated by modeling curves converters under part-load full-load conditions, hence enabling realistic estimate efficiency. Reliability evaluation executed failure repair rate distributions HS components. optimal selection based both metrics HS. deterministic factor proved be number components results indicate that DC AC systems have comparable efficiencies with meagre difference 1.26%. architecture 22% greater than resulting 1.788 times advantage system. Moreover, case adds economic lower leading design.