| ID | 34037 |
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| Author |
Akagi, Hirofumi
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| Abstract | Since the late 1950s, power electronics has been developing by leaps and bounds without saturation into the key technology essential to modern society and human life, as well as to electrical engineering. This paper is focused on utility applications of power electronics technology in Japan, and on the state of the art of power semiconductor devices for high power applications. For instance, attention is paid to a ±500 kV, 2.8 GW high-voltage DC transmission system under construction, and to 8 kV, 3.5 kA light-triggered thyristors used for constituting its thyristor valves. This paper also presents future prospects and directions of power electronics technology in the 21st century, including the personal views and expectations of the author |
| Keywords | HVDC power transmission
active filters
distribution networks
electricity supply industry
hydroelectric generators
insulated gate bipolar transistors
power electronics
pumped-storage power stations
thyristor applications
variable speed gear
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| Note | Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/IECON.1997.671769
Published with permission from the copyright holder. This is the institute's copy, as published in Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1997. IECON 97. 23rd International Conference on, 9-14 Nov. 1997, Volume 2, Pages 409-416. Publisher URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECON.1997.671769 Copyright © 1997 IEEE. All rights reserved. |
| Published Date | 1997-11
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| Publication Title |
Industrial Electronics
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| Volume | volume2
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| Start Page | 409
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| End Page | 416
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| Content Type |
Journal Article
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| language |
English
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| Refereed |
True
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| DOI | |
| Submission Path | electrical_engineering/66
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