high-voltage direct current

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high-voltage direct current [′hī ¦vōl·tij di¦rekt ′kə·rənt]

(electricity)

A long-distance direct-current power transmission system that uses direct-current voltages up to about 1 megavolt to keep transmission losses down. Abbreviated HVDC.

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No references found			ABB pioneered high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology more than 50 years ago, and the introduction of HVDC Light 10 years ago represented a landmark evolution that enabled a host of new applications including wind parks far out at sea and underground power transmission over large distances. ABB marks 10th year of landmark power tech by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain) The proposed grid would use high-voltage direct current (DC) transmission lines, which lose less energy over distance than conventional alternating current (AC) lines. £37bn plan to power EU with the Saharan sun by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The modernization project involved refurbishing the 3,100-megawatt, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station with high efficiency, state-of-the-art thyristor valves to replace the older mercury arc valves, and to consolidate the facility into one location on the east side of the 5 Freeway. Council President Padilla, LADWP Rededicate Sylmar Converter Station; ... by Business Wire			High-Temperature Reactor High-Temperature Shops high-temperature superconductor high-temperature water boiler high-temperature-water heating system high-tensile alloy high-tensile bolt high-tensile reinforcement high-tensile steel high-tension high-tension bolt high-tension detonator high-tension separation high-test chain high-tier system high-transmission glass high-vacuum insulation high-vacuum rectifier high-vacuum switching tube high-vacuum tube high-velocity cloud high-velocity duct system high-velocity star high-volatile bituminous coal High-Voltage Accelerator high-voltage direct current high-voltage electron microscope High-Voltage Engineering high-voltage insulation High-Voltage Power Line high-water full and change high-water inequality high-water line high-water lunitidal interval high-water mark high-water platform high-water quadrature high-water springs high-water stand highball Higher Communist Institute of Education higher criticism Higher Education Higher Education National Software Archive Higher Educational Institutions Higher Elementary Schools higher harmonic control higher high water Higher Komsomol School higher low water Higher Mathematics			High-Velocity Flame Spraying High-Velocity Grenade Launcher System High-Velocity Low-Pressure High-Velocity Molecular Flow High-Velocity Paintball High-Velocity Particle High-Velocity Projectile high-velocity star High-Velocity, Armor Piercing, Discarding Sabot High-Velocity, Low Amplitude high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust High-Video Pass High-Viscosity Viscoelastic high-vitamin diet high-vitamin diet high-volatile bituminous coal high-voltage high-voltage High-Voltage Accelerator High-Voltage Adapter High-Voltage Agarose Gel Electrophoresis High-Voltage Analog Backplane High-Voltage Analog Bus High-Voltage Ceramic Capacitor High-Voltage Current Transformer High-voltage differential high-voltage direct current High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission High-Voltage Door Handle High-Voltage Electric Injury High-Voltage Electron Microscope High-Voltage Electron Microscope High-Voltage Electron Microscopy High-Voltage Engineering High-Voltage Fast-Waves High-voltage hazards High-Voltage Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor high-voltage insulation High-Voltage Integrated Circuit High-Voltage Interconnection High-Voltage Interlock Loop High-Voltage Junction-Isolation High-Voltage Metal-Oxide Semiconductor High-Voltage Paper Electrophoresis High-Voltage Power Line High-Voltage Power Supply Assembly High-Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation High-Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy High-Voltage Slow Activity High-Voltage Slow Electrocortical Activity High-Voltage Slow-Waves High-Voltage Thin-Layer Electrophoresis

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