Title :
Rehabilitation of Chateauguay and Madawaska HVDC interconnections
Author :
Primeau, Jacques ; Rollin, Louis P.
Author_Institution :
TransEnergie, Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
This paper talks about the perspective for rehabilitation, in the near future, of the North American Chateauguay back-to-back HVDC interconnection. It also presents the project of thyristor retrofitting carried out at the Madawaska back to back HVDC interconnection in the same power system.
Keywords :
HVDC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; maintenance engineering; power system interconnection; project engineering; thyristor convertors; 500 MW; Canada; USA; back-to-back HVDC interconnection; rehabilitation project; thyristor retrofitting; Control systems; FETs; HVDC transmission; Integrated circuit interconnections; Programmable control; Protection; Remote monitoring; Thyristors; Valves; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7322-7
DOI :
10.1109/PESW.2002.985171
