Examination of Power Systems Solutions Considering High Voltage Direct Current Transmission

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dc.contributor.authorRidenour, Daniel Keithen
dc.contributor.committeechairDe La Ree, Jaimeen
dc.contributor.committeememberGardner, Robert Matthewen
dc.contributor.committeememberBurgos, Rolandoen
dc.contributor.committeememberCenteno, Virgilio A.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-06T09:00:42Zen
dc.date.available2015-11-06T09:00:42Zen
dc.date.issued2015-10-05en
dc.description.abstractSince the end of the Current Wars in the 19th Century, alternating current (AC) has dominated the production, transmission, and use of electrical energy. The chief reason for this dominance was (and continues to be) that AC offers a way minimize transmission losses yet transmit large power from generation to load. With the Digital Revolution and the entrance of most of the post-industrialized world into the Information Age, energy usage levels have increased due to the proliferation of electrical and electronic devices in nearly all sectors of life. A stable electrical grid has become synonymous with a stable nation-state and a healthy populace. Large-scale blackouts around the world in the 20th and the early 21st Centuries highlighted the heavy reliance on power systems and because of that, governments and utilities have strived to improve reliability. Simultaneously occurring with the rise in energy usage is the mandate to cut the pollution by generation facilities and to mitigate the impact grid expansion has on environment as a whole. The traditional methods of transmission expansion are beginning to show their limits as utilities move generation facilities farther from load centers, which reduces geographic diversity, and the integration of nondispatchable, renewable energy sources upsets the current operating regime. A challenge faces engineers - how to expand generation, expand transmission capacity, and integrate renewable energy sources while maintaining maximum system efficiency and reliability. A technology that may prove beneficial to the operation of power system is high voltage direct current transmission. The technology brings its own set of advantages and disadvantages, which are in many ways the complement of AC. It is important to update transmission planning processes to account for the new possibilities that HVDC offers. This thesis submits a discussion of high voltage direct current transmission technology itself and an examination of how HVDC can be considered in the planning process.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:6556en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/63927en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectHVDC transmissionen
dc.subjectvoltage source converteren
dc.subjectinsulated gate bipolar transistoren
dc.subjectline congestion alleviationen
dc.subjectinterconnection of nondispatchable generationen
dc.subjecturban infeeden
dc.titleExamination of Power Systems Solutions Considering High Voltage Direct Current Transmissionen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
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