HVDC transmission systems using voltage sourced converters design and applications

Author

Schettler, F. ; Huang, H. ; Christl, N.

Author_Institution

Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

715

Abstract

Rapid development in the field of power electronic devices with turn off capability like insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) and gate turn-off thyristors (GTO), makes the voltage sourced converters (VSC) more and more attractive for high voltage direct current transmission (HVDC). This new innovative technology provides substantial technical and economical advantages for different applications compared to conventional HVDC transmission systems based on thyristor technology. This paper focuses on VSC application for HVDC systems of high power ratings (up to 200 MW), which are currently in discussion for several projects. After a brief description of the main circuit components an overview on basic design aspects of VSC based HVDC systems is given

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; insulation co-ordination; thyristor convertors; HVDC; HVDC transmission systems; IGBT; gate turn-off thyristors; harmonic performance; high power ratings; high voltage direct current transmission; insulated gate bipolar transistors; insulation coordination; main circuit components; power electronic devices; thyristor technology; transient states; turn off capability; voltage sourced converters design; Circuits; Converters; HVDC transmission; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power conversion; Power electronics; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Thyristors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2000. IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6420-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.2000.867439

Filename

867439