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Thyristor valve
For controlled series capacitors, a thyristor valve is used for
controlling the apparent reactance of the capacitor. This is
done by adding charge to the capacitor through the thyristor
valve, i.e. boosting the capacitor voltage. The valve, located
on platform level, is water-cooled and equipped with two
vertically mounted, antiparallel stacks of thyristors. Each valve
string consists of 14 thyristors in series connection, each with
a wafer diameter of four inches. All communication between
valve and the ground mounted control system is done via fibre
optics. The thyristor valve is rated for a continuous current of
1850 A and a voltage of 12.7 kVrms. It is furthermore rated to
withstand short-circuit currents up to 55 kApeak, safely above
any plausible fault situation that the valve may have to endure
in operation.
1050
1050
1000
1050
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900
950
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850
900
P [MW]
Current measurements for the control and protection functions are attained by use of Optical Current Transformers
(OCT). The OCT consists of a current transducer in the high
voltage busbar and an optical interface module in the control
room. Signal transmission between transducer and interface
is carried out by means of an optical fibre system including
platform links, high voltage signal columns and fibre optic cables. When power oscillations are detected, the POD control
function changes the reactance reference in such a way that
the power oscillations are damped out.
400
400kV
kV
400 kV
400 kV
P [MW] P [MW]
Single-line diagram
800
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550
550
6000 0
550
0
TCSC
2 2
10
10
15
15
time [s]
time [s]
10
20
20
15
time [s]
FSC
FSC
TCSC
TCSC
25
30
30
FSC
TCSC
25
20
25
Power
Transfer
= 1500
Transfer
= 1500
MW MW
reactancePower
response
2 2
2
30
FSC FSC
TCSC TCSC
FSC
TCSC
-2 -2
2
-4 -4
-2
-6 -6
-4
-8 -8
-6
-10 -10
Xc [Ohm] Xc [Ohm]
Xc [Ohm]
-8
-12
-10
-14
-12
-16
-12
-14
-16
-14
-18
0-18
-16 0
-18
0
10
10
10
15
time [s] 15
time [s]
20
15
time [s]
20
20
25
25
25
30
30
30
400 kV
400 kV
1550 A
1550 A
2093 A
2325 A
54.7
6.83
1.0
1.2
1.03.0
394 Mvar
71 Mvar
84.8 kV
12.7 kV
Degree of compensation
40%
56 MJ
15 MJ