• DocumentCode
    917440
  • Title

    HVDC converter terminal maintenance/spare parts philosophy and comparison with performance

  • Author

    Melvold, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Water & Power, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    869
  • Lastpage
    875
  • Abstract
    Complementary data are presented which were derived primarily from a utility survey to enhance the CIGRE-published data in the areas of availability, forced outage rate, thyristor failure rate, and other areas on a major portion of the 45 HVDC projects now operating worldwide. The comparison and correlations drawn between the published operating data and the utility procurement, design, and maintenance practices of the corresponding HVDC system serves to illustrate the return the utilities may be receiving in improved system performance from the additional invested resources
  • Keywords
    DC power transmission; maintenance engineering; power convertors; substations; HVDC converter terminal; availability; forced outage rate; maintenance; spare parts; thyristor failure rate; Availability; Equipment failure; HVDC transmission; Maintenance; Procurement; Publishing; Senior members; System performance; Thyristors; Valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/61.127092
  • Filename
    127092