Design and operational testing on thyristor modules for the SVC Kemps Creek

Author

Endres, B. ; thiele, G. ; Bonfanti, I. ; Testi, G.

Author_Institution

Siemens AG, Erlangen, West Germany

Volume

5

Issue

3

fYear

1990

fDate

7/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1321

Lastpage

1326

Abstract

The design and operational testing of valves for the SVC (static Var compensator) to be installed at Kemps Creek substation in Australia are discussed. The most important design principles and features of the thyristor modules are given. Operational tests carried out on the thyristor modules are described; for this test program, noteworthy test circuits have been set up to perform both TSR (thyristor switched reactor) and TSC (thyristor switched capacitor) fault current tests with high test values and special waveforms. Test results and test circuits are presented

Keywords

compensation; design engineering; reactive power; static VAr compensators; substations; testing; thyristor applications; Australia; SVC; design; fault current tests; operational testing; power factor; reactive power compensation; static Var compensator; substation; thyristor switched capacitor; thyristor switched reactor; Australia; Circuit testing; Inductors; Performance evaluation; Static VAr compensators; Substations; Switched capacitor circuits; Switching circuits; Thyristors; Valves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.57973

Filename

57973