Next for the Grid: Solid State Transformers (SST)

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GJABS replied

23 April 2016, 21:14
Will they be an improvement on Bumblebee?
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scooterscot started a topic Next for the Grid: Solid State Transformers (SST)

23 April 2016, 18:17
Next for the Grid: Solid State Transformers (SST)

Ohh ohh oh... this is like the startrek of electronics.

Your Transformer News | Solid state transformers (SST) ? what?s its role in renewable energy generation? Evolving industry trends and insights by 2020

A solid state transformer is a modern device that offers bi-directional power flow, reactive power compensation, harmonics reduction, and many others. The market for solid state transformers is expected to be commercialized by 2017 and to be valued at $105.3 Million. SST technology can step up or step down AC voltage levels just like that of the traditional transformer but it also offers several significant advantages.
These include:
• Allow two way power flow
• Input or output AC or DC power
• Actively change power characteristics such as voltage and frequency levels
• Improve power quality (reactive power compensation and harmonic filtering)
• Greatly reduce the physical size and weight of individual transformer packages.
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