CU HVDC converter upgrades

Author

Mortensen, K.N.

Author_Institution

Great River Energy, G&T Cooperative, Elk River, MN

fYear

2008

fDate

20-24 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The CU HVDC transmission system is over twenty-five years old, and its reliable operation continues to be critical. In the last several years, three major life extension projects have been done. Experiences with these may help others facing similar challenges with aging equipment. Completing them successfully has required careful planning and project management to meet tight project schedules, particularly extremely short outages to do the actual installation and commissioning. A major project to replace the converter control equipment that was completed in 2004 will be described in detail.

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; power system management; power transmission planning; project management; CU HVDC converter; HVDC transmission system; aging equipment; project management; Aging; Automatic control; Carbon capture and storage; Control systems; HVDC transmission; Hardware; Power generation; Power system planning; Project management; Rivers; AC-DC power conversion; Aging; Analog systems; Control systems; HVDC converters; HVDC transmission; Project management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1905-0

Electronic_ISBN

1932-5517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2008.4596822

Filename

4596822