Investigation of paralleling Bipole II and the future Bipole III in Nelson river HVDC system

Author

Zoroofi, S. ; Suriyaarachchi, D.H.R. ; Kell, D. ; Mohaddes, M. ; Wang, Peng ; Jacobson, David

Author_Institution

TransgridSolutions Inc., Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

4-5 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Manitoba Hydro is currently making plans for the development of Bipole III (BPIII), a 2300MW, +/-500kV HVdc Bipole that will run from Northern Manitoba to the Load centre in the south over a length of approximately 1300km. Both LCC and VSC options are considered for the new BPIII HVdc scheme [1]-[2]. One of the features being investigated is the option to parallel the new Bipole III converters with the existing Bipole II converters on the existing Bipole II (BPII) line. This paper looks at the mechanism to parallel BPII and BPIII considering the LCC and VSC options for BPIII and any potential impact on the existing Bipole I (BPI) system.

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; hydroelectric power stations; Bipole II paralleling; HVDC Bipole; LCC; Manitoba hydroelectric; Nelson River HVDC system; VSC; future Bipole III; line commutated converters; power 2300 MW; voltage 500 kV; voltage source converter; HVDC; Line Commutated Converters (LCC); Paralleling; Voltage Source Converters (VSC);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2012), 10th IET International Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-84919-700-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2012.1941

Filename

6521240