Impact of short-duration voltage variations on VSC-HVDC performance

Reem A Mostafa1, Adel Emary2, A Sayed3

  • 1Electrical Power and Machines Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 2101305@eng.asu.edu.eg.

Scientific Reports
|December 28, 2023
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