Operating and maintenance experience-Adelanto converter station of the Intermountain Power Project

Author

Wu, C.T.

Author_Institution

Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, Adelanto, CA, USA

Volume

5

Issue

4

fYear

1990

fDate

10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1998

Lastpage

2008

Abstract

The author presents the operation and maintenance experience from the Adelanto converter station. The period of operation reported covers from June 7, 1986, to December 31, 1988. The performance of the transmission system, control system, and the thyristor valves are discussed. Reliability and availability data are presented. Operating experience indicates that the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) HVDC (high-voltage DC) transmission system is a reliable transmission path bringing electric power from Utah to Southern California. The IPP HVDC system continues to meet reliability requirements. The initial design of the IPP HVDC transmission system incorporated many improved features based on operating experience of earlier systems, particularly the Pacific HVDC Intertie

Keywords

DC power transmission; maintenance engineering; power convertors; power system interconnection; Adelanto converter station; HVDC transmission; Intermountain Power Project; Southern California; Utah; availability; control system; maintenance experience; operating system; reliability; thyristor valves; transmission system; Availability; Control systems; HVDC transmission; Inverters; Maintenance; Personnel; Power system reliability; Power transmission lines; Thyristors; Valves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.103695

Filename

103695