Design and Testing of Thyristor Valves for the HV DC Back-to-Back Tie Châteauguay

Some of the more important requirements specified by Hydro-Quebec are presented. The resulting design optimization is discussed and special features of the design are pointed out. Testing requirements as compared to International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards are discussed and results...

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Published inIEEE transactions on power electronics Vol. PE-2; no. 4; pp. 354 - 361
Main Authors Lips, H. Peter, Thiele, Gerd H. K., Huynh, Ngoc-Hieu, Vohl, Paul-Emile
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.1987
Subjects
Circuits
Design optimization
IEC standards
Lips
Power system dynamics
Power system simulation
Testing
Thyristors
Valves
Voltage control
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Summary:Some of the more important requirements specified by Hydro-Quebec are presented. The resulting design optimization is discussed and special features of the design are pointed out. Testing requirements as compared to International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards are discussed and results presented.
ISSN:0885-8993
1941-0107
DOI:10.1109/TPEL.1987.4307871