Glossary

AC filter Filter used to reduce the harmonic components in the AC power flow.

Annual load factor It is the ratio of average demand to maximum demand in a particular year.

Audio noise Noise having frequencies upto 20 kHz.

Bipolar link HVDC transmission link that has two conductors, one at positive potential and the other negative (same magnitude) with respect to the ground.

Booster transformer Transformer which boosts either the voltage or the current.

Brown-Boveri regulator Regulator in which resistance is gradually varied either continuously or in small steps.

Bundled conductors Aconductor which is formed by two or more than two sub- conductors in each phase.

Bus bar A conductor carrying current to which many connections are made. ...

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