TdeV power supplies interaction with the utility power grid

Author

Larose, D. ; Annamraju, R. ; Beaudry, S. ; Décoste, R. ; Pacher, G.W.

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6-10 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1121

Abstract

The TdeV tokamak, directly connected to the power grid, has been upgraded with the addition of new power supplies (PS), a new RF system, and an increase of the toroidal field. The total installed power is 110 MVA. This required an unacceptable increase in reactive power consumption from the grid and a voltage drop to levels below minimal operating voltage of the converters. This problem is solved by adding a var compensator. The chosen configuration is 14 banks of mechanically switched tuned filters each having 3.4 MVAR. This paper will present the characteristics and the configuration of TdeV power supplies, as well as an actual operating scenario

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; power supplies to apparatus; RF system; TdeV power supplies interaction; TdeV tokamak; fusion reactors; mechanically switched tuned filters; minimal operating voltage; operating scenario; reactive power consumption; toroidal field increase; utility power grid; var compensator; voltage drop; Coils; Feeds; Filters; Gyrotrons; Power grids; Power supplies; Radio frequency; Reactive power; Tokamaks; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4226-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1997.687821

Filename

687821