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    CONVENTIONALLY POWER TRANSMISSION IS EFFECTED

    THROUGH HVAC SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

    HVAC TRANSMISSION IS HAVING SEVER LIMITATIONS LIKE LINE

    LENGTH , UNCONTROLLED POWER FLOW, OVER/LOW

    VOLTAGES DURING LIGHTLY / OVER LOADED

    CONDITIONS,STABILITY PROBLEMS,FAULT ISOLATION ETC

    CONSIDERING THE DISADVANTAGES OF HVAC SYSTEM ANDTHE ADVANTAGES OF HVDC TRANSMISSION , POWERGRID HAS

    CHOOSEN HVDC TRANSMISSION FOR TRANSFERRING 2000 MW

    FROM ER TO SR

    COMPARISION OF HVAC & HVDC SYSTEMS

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    HVDC: USE less current

    Direct current : Rollalong the line ;opposing force friction(electrical resistance )

    AC current willstruggle againstinertia in the line(100times/sec)-cuurent inertiainductance-reactivepower

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    Better Voltage utilisation rating

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    DC has Greater Reach

    Distance as well as

    amount of POWER

    determine the choice

    of DC over AC

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    DC

    The alternating current in a cable leaks current (charging

    movements) in the same manner as a pulsating pressure

    would be evened out in an elastic tube.

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    DIRECT CURRENT CONSERVES FOREST

    AND SAVES LAND

    Fewer support TOWER, less losses

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    CONTROLLING or BEING

    CONTROLLED

    By raising the level in tank ;controlled water flow

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    CONTROLLING or BEING

    CONTROLLED

    ZERO IF Vr=VI=10V

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    HVDC provides increase powerbut does not increase the short

    circuit POWER

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    ADVANTAGES OF HVDC OVER HVAC TRANSMISSION

    CONTROLLED POWER FLOW IS POSSIBLE

    VERY PRECISELY

    ASYNCHRONOUS OPERATION POSSIBLE

    BETWEEN REGIONS HAVING DIFFERENT

    ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS

    NO RESTRICTION ON LINE LENGTH AS NO

    REACTANCE IN DC LINES

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    ADVANTAGES OF HVDC OVER HVAC TRANSMISSION

    STABILISING HVAC SYSTEMS -DAMPENING OF POWER

    SWINGS AND SUB SYNCHRONOUS FREQUENCIES OF

    GENERATOR.

    FAULTS IN ONE AC SYSTEMS WILL NOT EFFECT THE OTHER

    AC SYSTEM.

    CABLE TRANSMISSION

    .

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    ADVANTAGES OF HVDC OVER HVAC TRANSMISSION

    CHEAPER THAN HVAC SYSTEM DUE TO LESS TRANSMISSION

    LINES & LESS RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF

    POWER TRANSMISSION

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    COST: AC vs DC Transmission

    Terminal Cost AC

    Terminal Cost DC

    Line Cost DC

    Line Cost AC

    Break Even Distance

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    HVDC BIPOLAR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

    2 DOUBLE CIRCUIT HVAC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

    2000 MW HVDC VIS- A- VIS HVAC SYSTEMS

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    AC

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    DC

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    DC

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    HVDC BIPOLAR LINKS IN INDIA

    NER

    ER

    SR

    NRNER

    ER

    SR

    NR

    RIHAND-DELHI -- 2*750 MW

    CHANDRAPUR-PADGE 2* 750 MW

    TALCHER-KOLAR 2*1000 MW

    ER TO SR

    SILERU-BARASORE - 100 MW

    EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTER SR

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    HVDC IN INDIA

    BipolarHVDC LINK CONNECTING

    REGION

    CAPACITY

    (MW)

    LINE

    LENGTH

    Rihand Dadri

    North-North 1500 815

    Chandrapur -

    Padghe

    West - West 1500 752

    Talcher

    Kolar

    East South 2500 1367

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    ASYNCHRONOUS LINKS IN INDIA

    NER

    ER

    SR

    NRNER

    ER

    SR

    NR

    VINDYACHAL (N-W) 2*250 MW

    CHANDRAPUR (W-S) 2*500 MW

    VIZAG (E-S) - 2*500 MW

    SASARAM (E-N) - 1*500 MW

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    HVDC IN INDIA

    Back-to-Back

    HVDC LINK CONNECTINGREGION

    CAPACITY(MW)

    Vindyachal North West 2 x 250

    Chandrapur West South 2 x 500

    Vizag I East South 500

    Sasaram East North 500

    Vizag II East South 500

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    BASIC PRINCIPLES

    OF

    HVDC TRANSMISSION

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    AC Transmission Principle

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    HVDC Transmission Principle

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    6-Pulse Convertor Bridge

    3

    6

    CiLs

    4

    E1 Ls

    Ls

    Bi

    iA

    1

    2

    I

    V'd

    5

    Vd

    IddL

    d

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    Voltage and Current of an Ideal

    Diode 6 Pulse Converter

    Alpha = 0

    Overlap = 0

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    Operation of Converter

    Each thyristor conducts for 120

    Every 60 one Thyristor from +ve limb and one Thyristorfrom ve limb is triggered

    Each thyristor will be triggered when voltage across itbecomes positive

    Thyristor commutates the current automatically when the

    voltage across it becomes ve. Hence, this process is callednatural commutation and the converters are called LineCommutated converters

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    Triggering can be delayed from this point and this is called firing angle

    Output voltage of the converter is controlled by controlling the

    Rectifier action

    If > 90 negative voltage is available across the bridge Inverteraction

    Due to finite transformer inductance, current transfer from onethyristor valve to the other cannot take place instantly

    This delay is called over lap angle and the reactance calledcommutating reactance. This also causes additional drop in the voltage

    Operation of Converter

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    Effect of Control Angle

    B

    A

    2

    C

    1

    u u

    Vd

    u

    3

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    RECTIFIER VOLTAGE

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    INVERTER VOLTAGE

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    DC Terminal Voltage

    120

    RECTIFICATION

    0240 180 300 120 60 180

    0.866E . 2

    LL

    E . 2LL

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    DC Terminal Voltage

    120

    INVERSION

    0240 180 300 120 60 180

    0.866E . 2LLE . 2

    LL

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    DC Voltage Verses Firing Angle

    -1

    -0.8

    -0.6

    -0.4

    -0.2

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1

    0 30 60 90 120 150 180

    Vd

    alpha

    Vd=Vac*1.35 *(cos alpha-uk/2)

    Valve Voltage and Valve

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    Valve Voltage and Valve

    Current

    120 180A

    u0.866

    240120

    u

    60

    FC

    D

    B E

    180A

    u

    60 60

    K

    G J L

    H

    N

    M

    3000

    P

    u

    S

    E . 2LL

    60R

    Q

    RECTIFICATION

    =15

    +u E . 2LL

    Valve Voltage and Valve

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    Valve Voltage and Valve

    Current

    M Q

    120 180 R

    N

    Pu

    240 120R

    Q

    180

    u

    0

    B

    F

    SA

    C

    E

    DH

    60

    J

    K

    G L

    INVERSION=15

    6060

    u u

    60

    0.866E . 2LL

    E . 2LL

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    12-Pulse Convertor Bridge

    Y

    Commonly Used in HVDC systems

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    Commonly adopted in all HVDC applications

    Two 6 pulse bridges connected in series

    30 phase shift between Star and Delta

    windings of the converter transformer

    Due to this phase shift, 5thand 7thharmonicsare reduced and filtering higher order

    harmonics is easier Higher pulse number than 12 is not

    economical

    12-Pulse Convertor Bridge

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    DC VOLTAGE AT = 15

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    DC VOLTAGE AT = 90

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    DC VOLTAGE AT = 165

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    HVDC Link Voltage Profile

    I R

    DC CABLE or O/H LINE

    I Ed rd

    RECTIFIER

    dio RV

    I X2

    d c

    cos

    rI Ed

    L I X

    2

    d c

    cos

    VdioI

    INVERTER

    VdR=VdioR cos-Id Xc+Er VdI=VdioI(cos-Id Xc+Er

    2 2

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    Control of DC Voltage

    V 1 V 3 V 5

    V 2V 6V 4

    Phase A

    Ud

    Phase B

    Phase C

    Id

    Power FlowAC System DC System

    V 1 V 3 V 5

    V 2V 6V 4

    Phase A

    Ud

    Phase B

    Phase C

    Id

    AC System DC SystemPower Flow

    30 60 90 120 150 180

    0

    +Ud

    -Ud

    160

    5

    Rectifier

    Operation

    Inverter

    Operation

    Rectifier Operation Inverter Operation

    R l i hi f DC V l Ud d Fi i

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    Relationship of DC Voltage Ud and Firing

    Angle

    30 60 90 120 150 180

    0

    +Ud

    -Ud

    160

    Limit Inv

    5

    Limit Rect.

    RectifierOperation

    InverterOperation

    tw

    o

    60=

    Ud

    o

    30=o

    0=

    o

    90= o

    120= o

    150=

    -Ud

    tw

    Ud

    Ud

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    NORMAL POWER DIRECTION

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    REVERSE POWER OPERATION

    Schematic of HVDC

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    Schematic of HVDC

    M d f O ti

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    Modes of Operation

    DC OH Line

    Converter

    Transformer

    Thyristor

    Valves

    400 kVAC Bus

    AC Filters,Reactors

    Smoothing Reactor

    Converter

    Transformer

    Thyristor

    Valves

    400 kVAC Bus

    AC Filters, shuntcapacitors

    Smoothing Reactor

    Bipolar

    Current

    Current

    Modes of Operation

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    Modes of Operation

    DC OH Line

    Converter

    Transformer

    Thyristor

    Valves

    400 kVAC Bus

    AC Filters,Reactors

    Smoothing Reactor

    Converter

    Transformer

    Thyristor

    Valves

    400 kVAC Bus

    AC Filters

    Smoothing Reactor

    Monopolar Ground Return

    Current

    Modes of Operation

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    Modes of Operation

    DC OH Line

    Converter

    Transformer

    Thyristor

    Valves

    400 kVAC Bus

    AC Filters,Reactors

    Smoothing Reactor

    Converter

    Transformer

    Thyristor

    Valves

    400 kVAC Bus

    AC Filters

    Smoothing Reactor

    Monopolar Metallic Return

    Current

    TALCHERTALCHER KOLARSCHEMATIC

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    Kolar

    Chintamani

    Cudappah

    HoodyHosur

    Salem

    Udumalpet

    MadrasBlore

    +/- 500 KV DC line

    1370 KM

    Electrode

    Station

    Electrode

    Station

    TALCHER

    400kv System

    220kv system

    KOLAR

    SCHEMATIC

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    Sharing of Talcher Power

    Tamil Nadu - 636 MW

    A.P. - 499 MW

    Karnataka - 466 MW

    Kerala - 330 MW

    Pondicherry - 69 MW

    32%

    23%

    17% 3%

    25%

    T.N. A.P.Karnataka Kerala

    Pondy

    KOLAR SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM

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    Project Highlights

    FOR TRANSMITTING 2000 MW OF POWER FROM NTPC TALCHER

    STPS -II AND FOR SHARING AMOGEST SOUTHERN STATES THE

    2000 MW HVDC BIPOLAR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IS ENVISAGED

    AS

    EAST SOUTH INTERCONNECTOR II (ESICON II).

    THIS IS THE LARGEST TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TAKEN UP IN

    THE COUNTRY SO FAR

    THE PROJECT SCHEDULE IS QUITE CHALLENGING AGAINST THE 50 MONTHS FOR SUCH PROJECTS, THE

    PROJECT SCHEDULE IS ONLY 39 MONTHS

    SCHEDULED COMPLETION BY JUNE 2003

    TACLHER-KOLAR 500 kV HVDC TRANSMISSION SYTEM

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    Project Highlights

    KEY DATES

    AWARD OF HVDC TERMINAL STATION PKG -

    14TH MAR 2000

    AWARD OF HVAC PACKAGE -

    27TH APR 2000

    APPROVED PROJECT COST - RS. 3865.61 CR

    THIS IS THE FIRST OF SUCH SYSTEM WHERE THE ENTIRE

    GENERATION IN ONE REGION IS EARMARKED TO

    ANOTHER REGION.

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    Salient Features Rectifier Talcher, Orissa

    Inverter Kolar, Karnataka

    Distance

    1370 km

    Rated Power 2000 MW

    Operating Voltage 500 kV DC

    Reduced Voltage 400 kV DC

    Overload

    Long time, 40C 1.25 pu per pole

    Half an hour 1.3 pu per pole

    Five Seconds 1.47 pu per pole

    SYSTEM CAPACITIES

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    SYSTEM CAPACITIES

    BIPOLAR MODE OF OPERATION -- 2000 MW

    MONO POLAR WITH GROUND RETURN --- 1000 MW

    MONO POLAR WITH METALLIC RETURN MODE --- 1000 MW

    DEBLOCKS EACH POLE AT P min 100 MW

    POWER DEMAND AT DESIRED LEVEL

    POWER RAMP RATE -- 1 300 MW /MIN

    POWER REVERSAL IN OFF MODE

    SYSTEM CAPACITIES

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    SYSTEM CAPACITIES

    OVER LOAD CAPACBILITIES

    RATED POWER -- 2000 MW

    LONG TIME OVER LOAD POWER 8/10 HOURS -- 2500 MW

    SHORT TIME OVER LOAD 5 SEC- 3210 MW

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    HARMONIC FILTERS

    AT TALCHER

    TOTAL FILTERS 14

    DT 12/24 FILTERS EACH 120 MVAR - 7 NOS

    DT 3/36 FILTERS EACH 97 MVAR - 4 NOS

    SHUNT REACTORS 138 MVAR- 2 NOS

    SHUNT CAPCITORS 138 MVAR- 1 NOSDC FILTERS DT 12/24 & DT 12/36 1 No per pole.

    AT KOLAR

    TOTAL FILTERS 17DT 12/24 FILTERS EACH 120 MVAR - 8 NOS

    DT 3/36 FILTERS EACH 97 MVAR - 4 NOS

    SHUNT CAPCITORS 138 MVAR- 5 NOS

    DC FILTERS DT 12/24 & DT 12/36 1 each pole

    SYSTEM CAPACITIES

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    MONOPOLAR GROUND RETURN - 1000 MW POWER CANBE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THIS MODE WHERE THERETURN PATH IS THROUGH THE GROUND WHICH ISFACILITATED THROUGH A EARTH ELECTRODE STATIONSITUATED AT ABOUT 35 KMS FROM THE TERMINALS ANDCONNECTED BY A DOUBLE CIRCUIT TRANSMISSION LINE.

    MONOPOLAR METALLIC RETURN - 1000 MW POWER CANBE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THIS MODE WHERE THERETURN PATH IS THE TRANSMISSION LINES OF OTHERPOLE.

    BALANCED BIPOLAR MODE 2000 MW CAN BETRANSMITTED THROUGH THIS MODE WHERE WITH ONE+VE AND OTHER VE .

    SYSTEM CAPACITIES

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    HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT

    CURRENT TRANSMISSION

    (HVDC)

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    Ad t

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    Advantages In a number of applications HVDC is more effective than AC

    transmission. Examples include:

    Undersea cables, where high capacitance causes additional AClosses. (e.g. 250 km Baltic Cable between Sweden and Germany)

    Long power transmission without intermediate taps, for example,in remote areas

    Power transmission and stabilization between unsynchronized ACdistribution systems

    Connecting a remote generating plant to the distribution grid

    Reducing line cost: 1) fewer conductors 2) thinner conductors

    since HVDC does not suffer from the skin effect Facilitate power transmission between different countries that use

    AC at differing voltages and/or frequencies

    Synchronize AC produced by renewable energy sources

    Di d t

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    Disadvantages The disadvantages of HVDC are in conversion,

    switching and control. Expensive inverters with limited overload capacity

    Higher losses in static inverters at smaller transmissiondistances

    The cost of the inverters may not be offset by reductionsin line construction cost and lower line loss.

    High voltage DC circuit breakers are difficult to build

    because some mechanism must be included in the circuitbreaker to force current to zero, otherwise arcing andcontact wear would be too great to allow reliableswitching.

    C t f HVDC Tr mi i

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    Cost of HVDC Transmission Costs vary widely depending on power rating, circuit length,

    overhead vs. underwater route, land costs, and AC networkimprovements required at either terminal.

    For example, for an 8 GW, 40 km link laid under the EnglishChannel, the following are approximate primary equipmentcosts for a 2 GW, 500 kV bipolar conventional HVDC link is:

    Converter stations ~$170 M

    Subsea cable + installation ~$1.5 M/km

    So for an 8 GW capacity between England and France in four links,

    little change is left from ~$1.2B for the installed works. Add another$300$450M for the other works depending on additional onshoreworks required

    HVDC System Configurations and Components

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    HVDC System Configurations and Components

    HVDC links can be broadly classified into:

    Basic links

    Monopolar links

    Bipolar links

    Homopolar links

    Extended links

    Back-to-back links Multiterminal links

    Monopolar Links

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    Monopolar Links

    It uses one conductor

    The return path is provided by ground or water

    Use of this system is mainly due to cost considerations

    A metallic return may be used where earth resistivity is too high

    This configuration type is the first step towards a bipolar link

    Bipolar Links

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    Bipolar Links It uses two conductors, one positive and the other negative

    Each terminal has two converters of equal rated voltage,connected in series on the DC side

    The junctions between the converters is grounded

    Currents in the two poles are equal and there is no ground current

    If one pole is isolated due to fault, the other pole can operate with

    ground and carry half the rated load (or more using overloadcapabilities of its converter line)

    Homopolar Links

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    Homopolar Links

    It has two or more conductors all having the same

    polarity, usually negative Since the corona effect in DC transmission lines is

    less for negative polarity, homopolar link is usuallyoperated with negative polarity

    The return path for such a system is through ground

    Components of HVDC Transmission Systems

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    Components of HVDC Transmission Systems

    1. Converters

    2. Smoothing reactors

    3. Harmonic filters

    4. Reactive power supplies

    5. Electrodes

    6. DC lines

    7. AC circuit breakers

    Components of HVDC Transmission Systems

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    Components of HVDC Transmission Systems

    Converters

    They perform AC/DC and DC/AC conversion

    They consist of valve bridges and transformers Valve bridge consists of high voltage valves connected in a

    6-pulse or 12-pulse arrangement

    The transformers are ungrounded such that the DC systemwill be able to establish its own reference to ground

    Smoothing reactors

    They are high reactors with inductance as high as 1 H inseries with each pole

    They serve the following: They decrease harmonics in voltages and currents in DC lines

    They prevent commutation failures in inverters

    Prevent current from being discontinuous for light loads

    Harmonic filters

    Converters generate harmonics in voltages and currents.These harmonics may cause overheating of capacitors andnearby generators and interference with telecommunicationsystems

    Harmonic filters are used to mitigate these harmonics

    Components of HVDC Transmission Systems contd.

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    p y

    Reactive power supplies

    Under steady state condition conditions, the reactivepower consumed by the converter is about 50% of the

    active power transferred Under transient conditions it could be much higher

    Reactive power is, therefore, provided near the converters

    For a strong AC power system, this reactive power isprovided by a shunt capacitor

    Electrodes

    Electrodes are conductors that provide connection to theearth for neutral. They have large surface to minimizecurrent densities and surface voltage gradients

    DC lines

    They may be overhead lines or cables

    DC lines are very similar to AC lines

    AC circuit breakers

    They used to clear faults in the transformer and for takingthe DC link out of service

    They are not used for clearing DC faults

    DC faults are cleared by converter control more rapidly

    Converter Theory and Performance

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    Converter Theory and Performance

    Multiple Bridge Converters

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    Multiple Bridge Converters

    Two or more bridges are connected in seriesto obtain as a high a direct voltage asrequired

    These bridges are series on the DC side,parallel on the AC side

    A bank of transformers is connectedbetween the AC source and the bridges

    The ratio of the transformers are adjustableunder load

    Multiple bridge converters are used in evennumbers and arranged in pairs for 12-pulsearrangement

    Multiple Bridge Converters

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    Multiple Bridge Converters

    Two banks of transformers, one connected in Y-

    Y and the other Y-are used to supply each pair

    of bridges

    The three-phase voltage supplied at one bridge is

    displaced from the other by 30 degrees

    These AC wave shapes for the two bridges addup to produce a wave shape that is more

    sinusoidal than the current waves of each of the

    6-pulse bridges

    This 12-pulse arrangement effectively eliminates

    5th and 7th harmonics on the AC side. Thisreduces the cost of harmonic filters

    This arrangement also reduces ripple in the DC

    voltage

    Control of HVDC Systems

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    Control of HVDC Systems

    Objectives of Control

    Efficient and stable operation

    Maximum flexibility of power control without

    compromising the safety of equipment

    Content

    Principle of operation of various control systems

    Implementation and their performance during normaland abnormal system conditions

    Basic principles of control

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    Basic principles of control

    Direct current from the rectifier to the

    inverter

    Power at the rectifier terminal

    Power at the inverter terminal

    Basic means of control

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    Basic means of control

    Internal voltages, Vdorcosand Vdoicos, can used becontrolled to control the voltages at any point on the line

    and the current flow (power)

    This can be accomplished by:

    Controlling firing angles of the rectifier and inverter (for fast

    action)

    Changing taps on the transformers on the AC side (slow

    response)

    Power reversal is obtained by reversal of polarity of

    direct voltages at both ends

    Basis for selection of control

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    Basis for selection of control

    Following considerations influence theselection of control characteristics:

    Prevention of large fluctuation in DCvoltage/current due to variation In AC side voltage

    Maintaining direct voltage near rated value

    Power factor at the receiving and sending endsshould be as high as possible

    Control implementation

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    Control implementation

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    Control implementation

    Power control

    To transmit a scheduled power, the correspondingcurrent order is determined by:

    Iord

    =Po/Vd

    Bridge/converter unit control

    Determines firing angles and

    sets their limits

    Pole control It coordinates the conversion

    of current order to a firing

    angle order, tap changer

    control and other protection

    sequences

    Multiterminal HVDC network

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    Multiterminal HVDC network

    Successful application of two-terminal DC systems led to the

    development of multi-terminal networks

    There are two possible connection schemes for MTDC systems:

    Constant voltage parallel scheme

    Constant current series scheme