This paper presents the survey of the smart grid technologies, including the background, motivation and practical applications. The driving forces for the smart grid technologies are presented, including the blackout, global energy crisis and environmental protection requirement. The key technology issues for building the smart grid are discussed. The crucial elements of the smart grid and thei...

The modern power grid is a complex and dynamic system that relies on both distributed and centralized controls. When large generation and load complexes are separated by long transmission lines, the propensity for inter-area oscillations increases. These oscillations have been identified as a hazard for utility systems since they may cause damage to equipment or restrictions on power flows over...

In this paper performance analysis of various hybrid reactive power compensators (RPC’s) at the inverter AC sides of a line commutated converter (LCC) based multi-terminal HVDC (MTDC) transmission system, feeding weak AC networks, is carried out to thoroughly gather the mechanisms of interactions between an HVDC system and weak AC systems. The hybrid compensator is realized by equally mixing th...

Transient excitation boosting (TEB) has been installed on the Grand Coulee Third Power Plant hydrogenerators (three 600 MVA units and three 700 MVA units). TEB is initiated for outages of the 3100 MW Pacific HVDC Intertie, and results in a decaying pulse input to the gemrator voltage regulators. TEB temporarily raises Pacific Northwest transmission voltages which increases voltage-sensitive loa...

Because of high reliability and other characteristics, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Light system had important applications in power transmission system. In order to ensure its operation safety, the fault diagnosis technologies based on observer were researched. The model of HVDC light system was introduced, and the types and characteristics of the system were analyzed. Several common fau...

There is a growing interest in applications of HVDC grids in many parts of the world. Comparing with individual HVDC links, HVDC grids can provide flexible energy transfers among multiple converter stations, improved system reliability, and reduced investment cost, etc. In particular, an offshore HVDC grid will allow the aggregation and delivery of power from offshore wind farms in different re...

The interconnection of the power systems of the European Community (ENTSO-e) and of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPS/UPS) arise several challenges for which regards the operation and the emergency control of a very geographically extended interconnected power system. Recent international projects on the possibility of interconnection considered the option of synchronous interconnecti...

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