• DocumentCode
    2272331
  • Title

    The renewal of the Sylmar Converter Station

  • Author

    Wu, C.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    1063
  • Abstract
    This paper presents some of the considerations that went into the decision to replace and re-configure the 1600 MW Sylmar Converter Station of the the Southern Terminal of Pacific DC Intertie (PDCI), USA.
  • Keywords
    HVDC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; maintenance engineering; project engineering; substations; 1600 MW; Pacific HVDC Intertie; USA; convertor substations; replacement options; retrofitting project; Disaster management; Earthquakes; HVDC transmission; Hazards; Power & Energy Society; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Reliability; Thyristors; Valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2002. IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7322-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESW.2002.985173
  • Filename
    985173