Title :
Commissioning of the Pacific HVDC Intertie expansion project
Author :
Bunch, R. ; Litzenberger, W. ; Holland, M. ; Eicher, P.-A. ; Hasler, K.P.
Author_Institution :
Bonneville Power Adm., Portland, OR, USA
Abstract :
The Pacific Intertie was expanded in 1989 to a 3100 A, +/- 500 kV four converter bipolar parallel arrangement. The authors discuss the various aspects of commissioning of the link. This includes the planning, HV equipment energisation, fault testing, performance testing and the instrumentation used
Keywords :
DC power transmission; power system interconnection; testing; 3100 A; 500 kV; HV equipment energisation; Pacific HVDC Intertie; commissioning; expansion project; fault testing; four converter bipolar parallel arrangement; instrumentation; performance testing; planning;
Conference_Titel :
AC and DC Power Transmission, 1991., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-517-6
