The authors acknowledge financial support from the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL). However, the views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of CRL. The authors would also like to thank Karen Pence for providing us with her database on state foreclosure laws. 1 ABSTRACT There are growing concerns about the way predatory mortgages erode housing e...

Abstract Innovation ecosystems are formed by interconnected firms that coalesce in interdependent networks to jointly create value. Such rely on the norm of reciprocity—the give-and-take ethos sharing knowledge-based resources. It is well established an ecosystem firm can increase its competitive advantage increasing interconnectedness with partners. However, much research has focused heavily p...

For future multi-terminal HVDC networks, protection systems based on DC circuit breakers (DCCBs) are envisioned to limit the loss of power transmission towards AC grid(s). Yet, system design is considered a major challenge—especially in multi-vendor setup. In particular, shall enable converters ride through faults without protective blocking. Several studies have performed sensitivity analyses ...

To improve the reliability of power supply, reclosing schemes are required after transient faults, which commonly occur in overhead line based high voltage DC (HVDC) systems. However, event permanent auto-reclosing scheme may cause a severe strike. avoid impacts caused by fault type should be discriminated before activating scheme. Therefore, an adaptive on phase characteristics is proposed thi...

This paper proposes an adaptive fault current limiting control (AFCLC) for modular multilevel converters (MMC). Without introducing extra devices, this scheme enables fast suppression during DC faults. The AFCLC will be triggered automatically once faults occur. By adaptively reducing the output voltages of MMCs, can suppressed. Compared with existing methods, proposed has a better performance ...

Hybrid dc circuit breakers (HCBs) are recognized as suitable devices for protecting high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) systems, along with other (DCCB). However, compared to mechanical breakers, HCBs exhibit higher conduction losses. Such losses inevitable under no-fault conditions current may flow through some of the semiconductor switches. An integrated breaker (ICB) minimizing these is prese...