Title :
A distributed sequential control system for the Apollo HVDC substation
Author :
Vente, Frik ; Grant, John ; Joannides, Costas
Author_Institution :
Transmission Substation Technol., Eskom, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract :
The refurbishment of the Apollo-Cahora Bassa HVDC system between South Africa and Mozambique required the application of state of the art technology in order to get the availability and reliability of the HVDC scheme to levels that are in accordance with present day power electronic and power equipment standards. This paper deals with the refurbishment of the open-loop control system for the Apollo Converter Station and how the goals of high reliability and availability were achieved
Keywords :
HVDC power transmission; distributed control; maintenance engineering; power system control; power system reliability; Apollo HVDC substation; Apollo-Cahora Bassa HVDC system; Mozambique; South Africa; availability; distributed sequential control system; open-loop control system; power electronic standards; power equipment standards; reliability; substation refurbishment; Control systems; Distributed control; Earth; Electrodes; HVDC transmission; Open loop systems; Power system reliability; Power transmission; Rectifiers; Substations;
Conference_Titel :
AFRICON, 1996., IEEE AFRICON 4th
Conference_Location :
Stellenbosch
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3019-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1996.563007
