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HVDC converter station

Dorsey Station in Manitoba, Canada

An HVDC converter station (or simply converter station) is a specialised type of substation which forms the terminal equipment for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line.[1] It converts direct current to alternating current or the reverse. In addition to the converter, the station usually contains:

  • three-phase alternating current switch gear
  • transformers
  • capacitors or synchronous condensers for reactive power
  • filters for harmonic suppression, and
  • direct current switch gear.
  1. ^ Arrillaga, Jos; High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, second edition, Institution of Electrical Engineers, ISBN 0 85296 941 4, 1998.

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