Abb Technology Ltd

Abb Schweiz Ag

Ulf Radbrant

Lars-Erik Lennart Juhlin

Bernt Bergdahl

Urban Åström

A converter station an element adapted to determine a value of an actual temperature of any critical component of the station and an element adapted to determine a value of an actual temperature of any media used to cool the critical component. An arrangement is adapted to utilize these temperature values and information about actual cooling capacity of any cooling equipment present to cool the critical component and information about the thermal behavior of the critical component and the possible cooling media upon a possible change of the power actually transmitted through the station in a mathematical model for calculating the present overload capabilities of the converter station for use in the control of converters of the station upon a possible request of utilizing an overload capability of the station.

Converter station and a method for control thereof

A converter station for connecting an AC system to a bipolar HVDC transmission line. A DC neutral arrangement includes first DC breakers enabling breaking of a first current path from the neutral bus of one pole to the neutral bus of the other pole at bipolar operation of the station for changing to monopolar operation thereof for isolation of a faulty section of the system while establishing a current path to electrode line connecting members for diverting the current from the one pole thereto. A separate connecting member is provided for each of the electrode lines. A connector is configured to connect each neutral bus to an optional of the two electrode line connecting members.

Converter station

A converter station for connecting an AC system to a bipolar HVDC transmission line. A DC neutral arrangement is provided with first DC breakers enabling breaking of a first current path from a neutral bus of one pole of the transmission line to a neutral bus of another pole at bipolar operation of the station for isolation of a faulty section and changing to monopolar operation/metallic return thereof. The DC neutral arrangement has in the first current path at least two first DC breakers connected in series and adapted to act as a backup for each other would the other thereof fail to break the first current path upon a control to isolate a faulty section by changing from bipolar to monopolar operation.

A HVDC transmission system including at one end of a bipolar HVDC transmission line a converter station for connecting the transmission line to an AC system. The station has two converters and a DC neutral arrangement in common to the converters. The DC neutral arrangement has a separate electrode line connecting member connecting to electrode lines. The electrode lines are dimensioned to be able to at monopolar operation of the converter station transmit substantially full current to an electrode station through the remaining one or ones of the electrode lines at disconnection of an arbitrary of the electrode lines.

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Ludvika, Sweden

Ulf Radbrant