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Using HVDC Technology For Transmitting Electricity

An alternate means of transmitting electricity is to use high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. As the name implies, HVDC uses direct current to transmit power. Direct current facilities are connected to HVAC systems by means of rectifiers, which convert alternating… Read more

Mar 05, 2012 | By

Using HVDC Technology For Transmitting Electricity
Energy and Power

What is the Static Var Compensator (SVC)?

Static Var Compensator is “a shunt-connected static Var generator or absorber whose output is adjusted to exchange capacitive or inductive current so as to maintain or control specific parameters of the electrical power system (typically bus voltage)”. SVC is based… Read more

Sep 25, 2011 | By

The Siemens Static Var Compensator in the Radsted high-voltage switchgear station


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