Building a plan for HVDC

Author

Henderson, Michael ; Gagnon, Julien ; Bertagnolli, David ; Hosie, Bill ; DeShazo, Gary L. ; Silverstein, Brian

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

2007

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

60

Abstract

Large amounts of study, modeling, and planning are necessary prior to the successful construction and integration of an HVDC facility. Feasibility studies are first conducted to determine the need for network controllability, necessary for ensuring system security, transmitting power over long distances, or interconnecting asynchronous systems. This planning and integration process has produced successful results in three HVDC installations in the northeastern United States, which are discussed in this article. The article also presents several examples of plans for HVDC expansion in the Western interconnection

Keywords

HVDC power transmission; installation; power system interconnection; power transmission planning; HVDC expansion; HVDC facility; HVDC installations; Western interconnection; asynchronous systems; integration process; network controllability; northeastern United States; planning process; power transmission; system security; Buildings; Controllability; HVDC transmission; Power system interconnection; Power system modeling; Power system planning; Power system security; Static VAr compensators; Switches; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1540-7977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPAE.2007.329195

Filename

4126470