Course

code	EE741
credit_hours	3
title	HVDC Power Transmission
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prequisites	None
credit hours	3
Description/Outcomes	Problems of long distance power transmission. Advantages of HVDC. Combined AC, DC transmission systems. Terminal apparatus, converters, inverters, thyristor bridge circuits, thyristor valves. Performance requirements and control circuit features. Protection schemes. Digital simulation techniques. Switching and fault-clearance over voltages. RIV and corona in DC transmission lines.
arabic Description/Outcomes
objectives	The student should be able to: Thoroughly understand the HVDC system transmission system and its components. Get the performance equirements of DC transmission line. Simulate the HVDC system.
arabic objectives
ref. books	E. W. Kimbark, "Direct Current Transmission, Vol. I and II", J. Wiley, 1971. J. Arrilage, "High Voltage Direct Current Transmission", IEE, London, 1998.
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textbook
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Course Content

content serial	Description
1	Problems of long distance power transmission.
2	Advantages of HVDC.
3	Combined AC, DC transmission systems.
4	Terminal apparatus, converters, inverters, thyristor bridge circuits, thyristor valves.
5	Performance requirements and control circuit features.
6	Performance requirements and control circuit features(2).
7	Protection schemes.
8	Protection schemes(2).
9	Digital simulation techniques.
10	Digital simulation techniques(2).
11	Switching and fault-clearance over voltages.
12	Switching and fault-clearance over voltages (2).
13	RIV and corona in DC transmission lines.
14	Harmonics Analysis in HVDC.
15	Harmonics Analysis in HVDC(2).
16	Final Exam.