Eskom has recently started a large research and development programme for the study of long-distance HVDC transmission in Sub-Saharan African conditions. This paper explains why the research is being done, what its strategic ...

One of mankind’s greatest modern challenges is poverty alleviation. The provision of electricity can greatly assist in this regard. The tapping of small amounts of power from an HVDC transmission line represents a solution ...

This paper develops a new PLC model and investigates the impact of the load, line length, and diameter of the transmission line on the channel transfer function over the frequency range of 1-20 M Hz. The results show that ...