Method and system for a gas tube switch-based voltage source high voltage direct current transmission system
Abstract
A voltage source converter based high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system includes a voltage source converter (VSC)-based power converter channel. The VSC-based power converter channel includes an AC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the AC-DC converter. The AC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter include at least one gas tube switching device coupled in electrical anti-parallel with a respective gas tube diode. The VSC-based power converter channel includes a commutating circuit communicatively coupled to one or more of the at least one gas tube switching devices. The commutating circuit is configured to "switch on" a respective one of the one or more gas tube switching devices during a first portion of an operational cycle and "switch off" the respective one of the one or more gas tube switching devices during a second portion of the operational cycle.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1335656
- Patent Number(s):
- 9520801
- Application Number:
- 14/824,752
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02M - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000298
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2015 Aug 12
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
Citation Formats
She, Xu, Chokhawala, Rahul Shantilal, Zhou, Rui, Zhang, Di, Sommerer, Timothy John, and Bray, James William. Method and system for a gas tube switch-based voltage source high voltage direct current transmission system. United States: N. p., 2016.
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She, Xu, Chokhawala, Rahul Shantilal, Zhou, Rui, Zhang, Di, Sommerer, Timothy John, & Bray, James William. Method and system for a gas tube switch-based voltage source high voltage direct current transmission system. United States.
She, Xu, Chokhawala, Rahul Shantilal, Zhou, Rui, Zhang, Di, Sommerer, Timothy John, and Bray, James William. Tue .
"Method and system for a gas tube switch-based voltage source high voltage direct current transmission system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335656.
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title = {Method and system for a gas tube switch-based voltage source high voltage direct current transmission system},
author = {She, Xu and Chokhawala, Rahul Shantilal and Zhou, Rui and Zhang, Di and Sommerer, Timothy John and Bray, James William},
abstractNote = {A voltage source converter based high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system includes a voltage source converter (VSC)-based power converter channel. The VSC-based power converter channel includes an AC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the AC-DC converter. The AC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter include at least one gas tube switching device coupled in electrical anti-parallel with a respective gas tube diode. The VSC-based power converter channel includes a commutating circuit communicatively coupled to one or more of the at least one gas tube switching devices. The commutating circuit is configured to "switch on" a respective one of the one or more gas tube switching devices during a first portion of an operational cycle and "switch off" the respective one of the one or more gas tube switching devices during a second portion of the operational cycle.},
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