Electrical environment of the uprated Pacific NW/SW HVDC Intertie

Author

Chartier, V.L. ; Stearns, R.D. ; Burns, A.L.

Author_Institution

Bonneville Power Adm., Vancouver, WA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1305

Lastpage

1317

Abstract

The authors summarize the results of a research effort to characterize the electrical environment of the Pacific NW/SW HVDC (northwest/southwest high voltage direct current) Intertie. Forty channels of data were collected simultaneously at 10 test locations, including electric field, ion current density, unipolar ion density, net space charge density, audible noise, radio noise, and important weather parameters. The significant results of the analysis of one year of data collection are that the fields and ions on the negative side of the line are 2-3 times higher than those on the positive side and that all air ion parameters increase with perpendicular wind speed up to 11 m/s at distances from 29 m to 610 m from the line

Keywords

acoustic noise measurement; charge measurement; electric field measurement; electric noise measurement; ion density; power overhead lines; power system interconnection; Pacific NW/SW HVDC Intertie; audible noise; electric field; ion current density; net space charge density; radio noise; unipolar ion density; weather parameters; Acoustic noise; HVDC transmission; Lightning protection; Monitoring; Poles and towers; Power transmission lines; Testing; Voltage; Wind; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.25618

Filename

25618