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 transmission line. It converts direct current to alternating current or the reverse. Besides the converter itself, 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
Famous quotes containing the word station:
“It was evident that the same foolish respect was not here claimed for mere wealth and station that is in many parts of New England; yet some of them were the “first people,” as they are called, of the various towns through which we passed.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
Related Phrases
Related Words