• DocumentCode
    848609
  • Title

    Cabora Bassa HVDC transmission: Oil cooled outdoor thyristor valves

  • Author

    Beriger, F.C. ; Hengsberger, J. ; Juette, G.W.

  • Author_Institution
    BBC, Brown Boveri & Co. Ltd., Baden, Switzerland
  • Volume
    94
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    5/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1061
  • Lastpage
    1071
  • Abstract
    The oil-cooled outdoor thyristor valves for the first stage of the 1920 MW, 860 mile d.c. link between the Cabora Bassa hydro power station in Mozambique and Pretoria, South Africa, which is first to transmit power in early 1975, are described. A brief summary of the extensive valve type tests carried out successfully at the world´s largest HVDC valve testing facilities is added.
  • Keywords
    Africa; Bridge circuits; Damping; HVDC transmission; Lightning; Petroleum; Power generation; System testing; Thyristors; Valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9510
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-PAS.1975.31940
  • Filename
    1601542
    • Link To Document
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