International Review of Electrical Engineering (I.R.E.E.), Vol. 4, n.

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July-August 2009

On Harmonic Analysis of Multi – Module Gate - Controlled Series

Capacitor (MGCSC) Considering SSR Phenomenon

H. A. Mohammadpour, M. R. Alizadeh Pahlavani, and A. Shoulaie

Abstract – The Gate – Controlled Series Capacitor (GCSC) is supposed to be an excellent tran-
smission line series compensator. In practical applications, the GCSC would be used typically for
EHV transmission lines compensation, requiring high power GTO valves. To overcome the limita-
tions due to the power range of the GTO valves, multi-module GCSC (MGCSC) can be used in a
way that several small GCSCs are connected in series with one another in order to provide the de-
sired series compensation level. This paper presents a detail analysis and evaluation of the
MGCSC while the special emphasis is given to the harmonic analysis of this device showing that
how much of harmonic levels are generated by this device, and how they can be reduced. In add-
ition, the harmonics of the power system, to where the MGCSC is connected, is studied. In order to
consider the subsynchronous resonance (SSR) phenomenon, which is a potential problem in series
compensated transmission lines, all analysis are performed in the IEEE First Benchmark Model, a
highly unstable power system to SSR, by studying the impact of the MGCSC on the SSR mitigation.
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Keywords: FACTS, Multi-Module GCSC (MGCSC), Power system harmonics, THD.

RL Resistance of the Transmission Line.

XL Reactance of the Transmission Line.
Xfc Series fixed capacitive compensation.
γ Turn-off angle of the GCSC.
vC Fundamental component of the voltage on
the GCSC.
X (n, γ ) The equivalent capacitive reactance of
each module of the MGCSC.
n The number of the MGCSC modules.
XC / n The reactance of the nth MGCSC capacitor
VMax The maximum value of the GCSC voltage
in full conduction.
j The order of harmonics ( j = 3 , 5 , ... ).
VRated The rated voltage of the system.
I. Introduction
I INTERCONNECTED transmission systems are com-
plex and require careful planning, design, and opera-
tion. The continuous growth of the electrical power
system (especially large loads such as industrial plants),
resulting in growing electric power demand, has put
greater emphasis on system operation and control. In
this scenario, series compensation of long lines is exten-
sively applied to enhance power transfer and improve
system stability. However, the use of series compens-
ation may lead to sustained oscillations in generator–
turbine shaft systems in thermal power stations closely
connected to the compensated line. This phenomenon is
known under the name “sub synchronous resonance”
Fig. 1. Basic configuration of the single GCSC.
(SSR) [1]. Nevertheless, flexible ac transmission syste-
ms (FACTS) such as the static synchronous series com-
pensator (SSSC) [2], [3], the static synchronous compe-
nsator (STATCOM) [4], the unified power flow control-
ler (UPFC) [5], and the thyristor controlled series capa-
citor (TCSC) [6] have been used to avoid the SSR.
One of the FACTS controllers that recently has been
introduced to be used as series compensation [7]-[9] and
to damp the SSR [10]-[12] is the gate-controlled series
capacitor (GCSC). The basic configuration of the GCSC
is shown in Fig. 1. As seen in this figure, this device
consists of a capacitor and a pair of GTO switches
connected in anti-parallel. This device is inserted in
series with the transmission line and by controlling the
turn-off angle of the GTO switches, a part of the induct-
ive reactance of the transmission line can dynamically
be compensated.
The authors of the present work have presented some
control methodologies for turn–off angle control of the
GCSC [13]-[15] in order to damp the SSR in the GCSC

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equipped transmission line. Among them, a Takagi-

Sugeno (TS) fuzzy logic controller was found to be the
best controller for this device [16]. The proposed TS
fuzzy controller uses a single GCSC to mitigate the
SSR; however, in practical applications, the GCSC
would be used typically for EHV transmission lines co-
mpensation, requiring high voltage GTO valves. To ove-
rcome the limitations due to the power rating range of
the GTO valves, multi-module GCSC (MGCSC) can be
used in a way that several small GCSCs can be connect-
ed in series with one another to provide the desired
GCSC rating for a determined series compensation level
[17]. Also, since in the MGCSC the power rating of the
total GCSCs are reduced, utilizing this configuration can
dramatically decrease the total cost of project and cons-
equently can be a very cost-effective solution for the
series compensation and SSR mitigation. Fortunately,
the GCSC is a zero voltage switching (ZVS) device, i.e.
the GTO’s are always turned on and turned-off at the
zero voltage [16]. Thus, the series connections of the
GTo’s are not difficult. In addition, utilizing the MGC-
SC can mitigate the harmonic levels which may be har-
mful to the system where the GCSC is connected and
may limit the total amount of the series compensation.
In this article, the MGCSC is evaluated and analyzed
while the special emphasis is given to the harmonic
analysis of the MGCSC voltage. It is shown that the
harmonic levels can be mitigated by increasing the
number of modules in the MGCSC while this increase
does not threaten the system to the SSR phenomenon.
Also, the harmonics of the power system, to where the
MGCSC is connected, is analyzed. It is shown that the
total harmonic distortion (THD) of the line current and
the generator terminal voltage of the MGCSC equipped
transmission line are well below the permissible limit of
5% specified in standards [18]-[19]. In these studies, in
order to consider the SSR phenomenon, a potential pro-
blem in series compensated transmission systems, the
IEEE First Benchmark Model [20] is adopted as the stu-
died power system, including the MGCSC device. As
per the authors' knowledge, no significant work has been
reported where the MGCSC harmonics are evaluated al-
ong with the SSR phenomenon.
II. Investigated System
Fig. 2 shows the “IEEE First Benchmark Model”
(FBM) [20], including the MGCSC with n modules.
This model is composed by a synchronous generator co-
nnected to an infinite bus via a compensated 500 kV tra-
nsmission line. The transmission line is represented
by RL , X L and X fc when the MGCSC works in its off-
line Mode. The mechanical system consists of a four-
stage steam turbine, the generator, and a rotating exciter.
Fig. 2. IEEE First Benchmark Model with the MGCSC.
The complete information about this power system is
given in [20].
In Table I the torsional modes of oscillations and ele-
ctromechanical mode of this system with the corres-
ponding oscillating frequencies is given. This table also
shows the value of the series capacitive reactance that, if
used, would excite the corresponding mode.
TABLE I
FREQUENCY OF OSCILLATION AND CAPACITIVE
REACTANCE FOR THE MAXIMUM TORSIONAL
INTERACTIONS
Mode Frequency (Hz) Xfc (p.u.)
Torsional 1 15.75 0.472
Torsional 2 20.41 0.378
Torsional 3 25.55 0.285
Torsional 4 32.29 0.164
Self-Excitation 9.75 0.63
Electromechanical 0.5-2.5 -
II.1. Series Compensation in off-line MGCSC Mode
The SSR phenomenon is investigated for the case that
the system is tuned at torsional mode 1, based on Table
I. In this section, the MGCSC in Fig. 2 works in its off-
line Mode and the series compensation is performed just
by the fixed series compensation, Xfc=0.472 p.u.
To excite the torsional modes of the system, a three
phase short circuit was applied at point B in Fig. 2 at
t = 1 s. Fig. 3 shows the unstable measured transmission
line current for this case. This figure shows that the main
oscillation occurs at around 15.5 Hz which is the
frequency of the torsional mode 1, as given in Table I.
Also, in Fig. 4, the total harmonic distortion (THD) of
the transmission line current as function of time is
presented. As seen in this figure, the THD of the line
current increases after fault, and at longer times the
current will lose its sinusoidal waveform at the fundame-
ntal frequency of 60 Hz. In Fig. 5 the generator terminal
voltage when the MGCSC works in off-line Mode is

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shown. This figure shows that in off-line MGCSC
Mode, the generator terminal voltage is severely distort-
ed.
Fig. 3. The measured transmission line current for off-line MGCSC
Mode.
Fig. 6. MGCSC current, switch control, and voltage waveform.
Fig. 4. Total harmonic distortion (THD) of the measured current for off-
Fig. 7. Equivalent reactance of the MGCSC as function of turn-off angle.
line MGCSC Mode as function of time.
Fig. 5. The generator terminal voltage for off-line MGCSC Mode.
III. Multi – Module GCSC (MGCSC)
III.1. Principle of operation
The Gate-Controlled Series Capacitor (GCSC) is a
very simple device with probably the simplest configu-
ration among all FACTS devices. A single GCSC cons-
ists of a main capacitor and two GTOs connected in
anti-parallel. The principle operation of this device is
quite simple. It is controlled by varying the turn-off
angle (γ ) of the GTOs. The GCSC is zero-voltage swit-
ching (ZVS) equipment, that is, the GTOs always turn
on and off at zero voltage, which significantly reduces
the switching losses. Also, being ZVS device, several
single GCSCs can easily be connected in series with one
another in order to provide the desired series compensat-
ion level called the MGCSC. Fig. 6 shows the principal
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γ G2
γ G1
current and voltage-waveforms for one of the MGCSC
modules.
If all the switches are kept turned-on all the times, the
reactance of the MGCSC is bypassed, and there is no
compensation by this device. However, when all or
some of the switches are turned-off once per cycle, at a
given turn-off angle ( γ ) counted from the zero crossing
of the transmission line current, the MGCSC capacitor
turns-on and off alternatively in series with the transmis-
sion line, and a voltage appears on the MGCSC. The co-
mpensation level of the MGCSC is determined by addi-
ng the fundamental component of the voltage (vC) on the
each Module of the MGCSC. In this study, it is assumed
that all the MGCSC modules have the same reactance,
and they are turned-on and off simultaneously. With
these assumptions, the relationship between the equival-
ent capacitive reactance of each module of the MGCSC
and turn-off angle ( γ ) is given by [16]:
( X C / n)
X (n , γ ) = (2γ − 2π − sin(2γ )) (1)
π
Therefore, the equivalent reactance of the MGCSC is
calculated as follows:
X (γ ) = X (n , γ ) . n (2)
Fig. 7 shows the nonlinear relationship between the
equivalent capacitive reactance of the MGCSC and the
turn-off angle ( γ ). At the fundamental frequency, the
MGCSC is equivalent to a continuously variable series
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capacitor, where its reactance varies from its maximum

value (1p.u) for γ = 90o to the minimum value (0 p.u)
for γ = 180o .

III.2. Series Compensation With The MGCSC

For series compensation with the MGCSC, this
device in Fig. 2 becomes on-line, and series compensa-
tion is carried out as the MGCSC with different number
Fig. 8. Some harmonic orders of the MGCSC.
of modules plus a fixed series capacitor. The total capa-
citive series compensation was made equal to 0.472 p.u.
just to try to excite the SSR at mode 1, as given in Table
I. In the present study, the ratio between the equivalent
reactance of the MGCSC and the fixed series compensa-
tion is considered 1:3. This means that for mode 1, out
of a total of 0.472 p.u. of capacitive reactance, 0.152
p.u. will be provided by the MGCSC with any number
of modules and 0.318 p.u. will be provided by the fixed
capacitor, X fc . Fig. 9. Single GCSC THD as function of turn-off angle.
To determine the steady state MGCSC equivalent
the turn-off angle. In this figure, the voltages are in p.u,
reactance (0.152 p.u.), depending on n , X C , and γ ;
and the VMax is assumed to be the base value. As seen in
there are many different states. In this study, for increa-
this figure, the harmonic orders vary by the turn-off
sing the maneuverability of the MGCSC equivalent rea-
angle varying, and they have maximum values at the
ctance, especially in the fault conditions, the steady state
different values of the turn-off angle. For example, the
turn-off angle ( γ ) is chosen in such a way that the 3rd and 5th order harmonics have a maximum of about
MGCSC equivalent reactance is at the middle of the ent- 0.14 p.u. and 0.12 p.u., respectively when the turn-off
ire variation range between X (90o ) and X (180o ) as se- angle is respectively 119 o and 109o . Also, as mentioned
en in Fig. 7. By this way, the steady state turn-off angle before, the steady state turn-off angle in this paper is
is calculated about 113.5o and then the MGCSC equival- chosen 113.5o , and the harmonic orders in this degree
ent reactance can be verified in (1) and (2) by choosing can be obtained using Fig. 8. As seen in this figure, the
a proper values of n and X C . maximum harmonic order in this degree is the 3rd having
the amount of approximately 0.13 p.u.
The GCSC voltage total harmonic distortion (THD)
IV. Harmonic Analysis of MGCSC is determined based on the system voltage, instead of the
maximum value of the GCSC voltage [17]. Thus, the
THD of the GCSC is given by:
IV.1. Single MGCSC (GCSC) 4VMax (4)
As seen in Fig. 6, the voltage waveform in the GCSC
THD ==
π . VRated
. ∑V j (γ ) 2 j = 3,5,7,...

contains both the fundamental component and the higher

order harmonics. If the GCSC is operating in the steady To study the THD as a function of turn-off angle,
state condition, the positive half-cycle of the GCSC suppose that the single GCSC maximum voltage VMax in
voltage has the same shape as the negative half-cycle. 100% compensation is 0.6 p.u of the rated voltage of the
Also, because the voltage waveform of the GCSC is system, i.e. VMax /VRated = 0.6 . In this case, the THD as
symmetrical to the time axis, it contains only odd a function of turn-off angle is shown in Fig. 9. As seen
harmonics that is given by: in this figure, at the rated voltage of the system, the
(3) single GCSC voltage THD may have values higher than
 0.5. sin( j + 1).γ  5%. The harmonic level in the GCSC may be so harmful
 + 
4VMax  j +1  for the system to where the GCSC is connected and may
V j (γ ) = .
π 0.5. sin( j − 1).γ sin( j.γ )  limit the line compensation. To reach to an acceptable
 − cos γ  THD in the GCSC voltage, the MGCSC can be used as
 j −1 j 
series compensation while because the power rating of
In Fig. 8, the harmonic orders of the GCSC voltage the GTO valves are reduced in the MGCSC, it is more
up to the 13th harmonic order are depicted as function of cost-effective than the single GCSC.

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IV.2. Multi Module GCSC (MGCSC)
Utilizing the MGCSC, depending on the number of
GCSC modules, the maximum voltage on each GCSC
modules ( VMax ) can be reduced; consequently, the THD
of the GCSC voltage is decreased as can be verified in
(4). It is again assumed that the maximum single GCSC
voltage is 0.6 p.u. of the system rated voltage. Then, the
number of modules increases from 2 to 10 modules. The
MGCSC voltage THD for different number of modules
is shown in Fig. 10. As seen in this figure, when the
number of modules increases, the MGCSC voltage THD
decreases. This figure also shows that the minimum
THD is obtained about 0.8 % for the MGCSC with 10
modules which is well below the permissible limit
recommended in the related standards [18]-[19].
Fig. 10. Impact of increasing the number of modules on decreasing the
MGCSC voltage THD.
V. MGCSC turn – off angle Controller
Design
In this section, the turn-off angle controller design of
the MGCSC is presented. This controller is based on the
TS fuzzy controller which is shown in Fig. 11. As seen
in this figure, the power calculation block diagram cal-
culates the line real power. This measured power is then
passed through a first order low-pass filter (LPF) and a
band-pass filter (BPF). The LPF with cutoff frequency
of 3 Hz is for diagnosing of the electromechanical
power oscillation in the line real power. Also, the BPF
allows only passing of the electrical power oscillations
with frequencies between 3 and 20 Hz, which the
torsional mode 1 (15.75 Hz) is in this interval. The diag-
nosis of the SSR in the line power is the duty of this
filter. The outputs of these two filters are compared with
a power order, and then are used as TS fuzzy logic
controller inputs, namely X1 and X2, respectively. The
output of the TS fuzzy controller ( Y ) is the MGCSC
turn-off angle that after passing through a limiter, is fed
to a pulse generator block synchronized with the line
current zero crossing to get the GCSC input final pulse.
Also, in Fig. 11 there is an operation mode selector to
prepare ability of setting manual constant turn-off angle.
Through the above operations, the G1 pulses for the
MGCSC modules are produced. G2 to G6 pulses are pr-
oduced at the same way. The detail descriptions about
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the TS fuzzy controller design process are given by the
authors in [16].
VI. Results and Discussion
VI.1. SSR Analysis
A MGCSC with 10 modules became on-line in Fig. 2
and the system was tuned to the torsional mode 1, based
on Table I. To verify the impact of the MGCSC on SSR
mitigation, a three phase short circuit was applied at
point B in Fig. 2 at t=7.5 s with 0.1 s time duration to
excite the torsional mode 1 of the system. The measured
transmission line current for the MGCSC with 10
modules is shown in Fig. 12 where the fault current
increases to about 1.8 p.u. As seen in this figure, the
SSR appears in the system after applying the three phase
short circuit at frequency around 15.5 Hz, as given in
Table I; however, these oscillations are damped in less
than 0.1 sec utilizing the designed TS fuzzy controller.
This figure also shows that a low frequency oscillation
(LFO) appears in the system at frequency around 2 Hz,
as shown in Table I, which is damped in less than 2.5 s.
In addition, the applied turn-off angle by the TS fuzzy
controller to the MGCSC is shown in Fig. 13. This
figure shows that the turn-off angle settles to its steady
state ( 113.5o ) after fault. In Fig. 14 the generator termi-
nal voltage is shown. As seen in this figure, contrary to
Fig. 5, when the MGCSC works in its off-line Mode, the
generator terminal voltage approximately does not
experience any voltage distortion, and it is quickly com-
pensated by the MGCSC.
The system were also examined for the MGCSC with
the different number of modules and the obtained results
showed that the number of modules has no effect on the
MGCSC dynamic and performance in SSR and LFO
damping, and the MGCSC with the different modules as
well as a single GCSC have approximately the same be-
havior in SSR and LFO mitigation. Also, there is no
need to deregulate the parameters of the TS fuzzy contr-
oller for different modules. Hence, without concerning
about the SSR phenomenon, the number of modules can
be increased up to the desired number in order to achie-
ve the desired MGCSC rating for the desired series co-
mpensation level. This makes it possible to use GCSCs
with lower power ratings. As a result, the power rating
of the GTO switches can be decreased resulting in an
applicable and lower-cost configuration for series comp-
ensation and SSR damping by the MGCSC.
VI.2. Harmonic Analysis of MGCSC Voltage
It has been already shown that the number of MG-
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Fig. 11. Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy control scheme used for turn-off angle control of the MGCSC.

Fig. 12. The measured current for on-line MGCSC Mode.

Fig. 15. Comparing the instantaneous voltage of the single GCSC and
MGCSC with 10 modules.

Fig. 13. The applied turn-off angle by the TS fuzzy controller to the
MGCSC modules.

Fig. 16. Comparing the effective value of the 3rd harmonic order of the
MGCSC with 5 and 10 modules with the single GCSC.
the harmonics of the MGCSC voltage are analyzed and
evaluated.
In Fig. 15, the instantaneous voltages of the single
GCSC and the MGCSC with 10 modules in steady state
condition are compared. As seen in this figure, VMax for
the MGCSC with 10 modules is much smaller than in
Fig. 14. The generator terminal voltage for on-line MGCSC Mode.
the single GCSC; consequently, according to (4), the
MGCSC voltage THD is much smaller than the single
CSC can be increased up to the desired number without GCSC. In Figs 16 to 17, respectively the effective
concerning about the SSR phenomenon. Also, in section voltage of the 3rd and the 5th harmonic orders of the
IV, it was shown that increasing the number of modules single GCSC and the MGCSC with different modules
decreases the MGCSC voltage THD. In this subsection, are shown. As seen in these figures, using the MGCSC

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Fig. 17. Comparing the effective value of the 5th harmonic order of the
MGCSC with 5 and 10 modules with the single GCSC.
Fig. 19. THD of the: a) generator terminal voltage b) transmission line
current as function of time.

Fig. 18. Harmonic spectra of the single GCSC and the MGCSC with
the 3, 5 and 10 modules.
and increasing the number of the modules, decreases the Fig. 20. Harmonic spectra of the generator terminal voltage.
harmonic orders value in the MGCSC voltage. Fig. 18
compares the harmonic spectra of the MGCSC voltage
for different number of modules and the single GCSC.
As seen in this figure, the magnitude of all the harmoni-
cs orders in the MGCSC voltage decreases by increasing
the number of modules.

VI.3. Power System Harmonic Analysis

The total harmonic distortion (THD) is an important
figure of merit used to quantify the level of harmonics in
voltage or current waveforms. Accordingly, standards,
such as IEEE 519 [18] and IEC 61000 [19], specify the
limit for the THD in the voltage and the current. In this
section, the harmonics of the transmission line current
and the generator terminal voltage are analyzed for the
MGCSC with 10 modules. Fig 19 shows the THD of the
line current and the generator terminal voltage as a
function of time. For constant series compensation, as
seen in Fig. 4, after fault the THD of the line current
increases with time, and in fact, the line current losses
its sinusoidal waveform at longer times; however, as
seen in Fig. 19, utilizing the MGCSC, the THD of the
line current and the generator terminal voltage for all the
times before and after fault, except during fault for about
0.1 sec, are well below the permissible limit recommen-
ded in the aforementioned standards. In addition, the
harmonic spectra of the generator terminal voltage and
the line current are shown in Figs 20 to 21, respectively.
These figures show that the level of harmonic orders in
the line current and the generator terminal voltage are
trifle, and consequently it can be deduced that approxi-
mately there is no harmonic pollution on the power syst-
Fig. 21. Harmonic spectra of the transmission line current.
em to where the MGCSC is connected.
VII. Conclusion
This paper presents a harmonic analysis of the multi –
module Gate-Controlled Series Capacitor (MGCSC)
operating in a highly unstable series compensated power
system to damp the subsynchronous resonance (SSR)
phenomenon. It was shown that the single GCSC produ-
ces a high content of voltage harmonics. Also, in practi-
cal applications, the GCSC with high power rating is
needed. To overcome the limitations due to the power
rating range of the GTO valves and to reduce the
harmonic levels in the voltage of the GCSC, the
MGCSC was placed in the IEEE First Benchmark
Model to compensate a part of transmission line indu-
ctive reactance. It was shown that without concerning
about the SSR phenomenon, the number of modules can
be increased up to desired value in order to provide the
desired series compensation level resulting in more cost
effective configuration than the single GCSC. Also,
increasing the number of modules can decrease the

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harmonic levels in the MGCSC voltage.
In addition, the harmonics of the MGCSC equipped
power system were evaluated. The obtained results
showed that there is approximately no harmonic polluti-
on in the transmission line current and the generator ter-
minal voltage arising from the MGCSC.
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Authors’ information
Hossein Ali Mohammadpour was born in,
Iran in 1982. He received the B.Sc. and
M.Sc degrees from Iran University of
Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran,
Iran, in 2006 and 2009 respectively.
He is a research assistant at Power Electro-
nic Research Lab (PERL) at IUST. His
current areas of research interests include
power systems dynamic and control, power
electronics and applications, application of
computational intelligence (fuzzy theory, neural network, and genetic
algorithm) in FACTS devices, and electromagnetic systems.
Mohammad Reza Alizadeh Pahlavani was born in Abadan, Iran, in
1974. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc.
degrees in electrical engineering in 1998
and 2002 respectively and is currently
working toward the Ph.D. degree in
electrical engineering at Iran University of
Science and Technology (IUST).
His current researches interests are
electromagnetic systems, power electronics
and electrical machine.
Abbas Shoulaie was born in Isfahan, Iran,
in 1949. He received the B.Sc. degree from
Iran University of Science and Technology
(IUST), Tehran, Iran, in 1973, and the M.Sc.
and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering
from U.S.T.L, Montpellier, France, in 1981
and 1984, respectively.
He is a Professor at the college of Electrical
Engineering, IUST. He is the author of more
than 100 journal and conference papers in the
field of power electronics, electromagnetic
systems, electrical machine, liner machine and
HVDC.
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