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The skin effect is an important difference (and advantage in favor of HVDC) so it is in fact a concern of AC vs DC.
by choilive 2y ago
The skin effect is an important difference (and advantage in favor of HVDC) so it is in fact a concern of AC vs DC.
- lazide 2y agoAlso inductive losses, which are only a thing in AC.
- mlyons1340 2y agoTrue, skin effect limits the conductor size (~22mm in Al @60Hz) but overhead transmission already uses bundled conductors to address that as well as to improve mechanical strength, cooling, and reactance. The advantage of HVDC is in the lower dielectric and reactive losses while skin effect is minimal.