36-pulse HVDC transmission for remotely sited generation

Author

Villablanca, Miguel ; Del Valle, Julio ; Urrea, Claudio ; Rojas, Wilson

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Santiago Univ. of Chile, Chile

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

462

Lastpage

467

Abstract

Remotely sited generators that are connected to load centers may economically use HVDC transmission. The possibility of connecting the generators directly to the HVDC converter station, with both AC and DC filters removed, has been discussed frequently in the past, with significant capital and operating savings argued, but as yet without such a system being realized. It would seem that the removal of filters is not feasible. In this paper a 36-pulse operation for the converter station is proposed, whereby substantial reduction of harmonics is achieved, and thus both AC and DC filters may be removed without further implications

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; electric power generation; harmonics suppression; power system harmonics; 2 kW; 36-pulse HVDC transmission; AC filters; DC filters; HVDC converters; converter station; harmonics reduction; hydroelectric generation; load centers connection; operating savings; remotely sited generation; AC generators; Analog-digital conversion; Bridge circuits; Costs; HVDC transmission; Joining processes; Power generation economics; Power harmonic filters; Pulse transformers; Rectifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.956721

Filename

956721