Title :
The renewal of the Sylmar Converter Station
Author_Institution :
Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents some of the considerations that went into the decision to replace and re-configure the 1600 MW Sylmar Converter Station of the the Southern Terminal of Pacific DC Intertie (PDCI), USA.
Keywords :
HVDC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; maintenance engineering; project engineering; substations; 1600 MW; Pacific HVDC Intertie; USA; convertor substations; replacement options; retrofitting project; Disaster management; Earthquakes; HVDC transmission; Hazards; Power & Energy Society; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Reliability; Thyristors; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7322-7
DOI :
10.1109/PESW.2002.985173
