- HVDC Volgograd-Donbass
The HVDC Volgograd-Donbass is a
high voltage direct current line between thestatic inverter plant s at Volzhskaya (situated near the hydro-electric power plantVolgograd ) and Mikhailovskaya in theDonbass area, which went into service in1964 . It consists of a 475 kilometre long overhead line. The static inverters of the HVDC Volgograd-Donbass are equipped withmercury arc rectifier s for a voltage of 100 kV and a maximum current of 940 ampere, which were partly replaced at the beginning of the 90's bythyristor s. The HVDC Volgograd-Donbass is a bipolar HVDC with an operating voltage of 400 kV. It can transfer a maximum power of 750 megawatts.* http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/VOLGO.htm
* http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/Volgo%20Pictures.pdf
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