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International Journal of Electrical, Electronics ISSN No. (Online) : 2277-2626
and Computer Engineering 2(1): 94-98(2013)
B. HVDC Back to Back Projects achieves load diversity of Western and Southern
The first commercial Back to back HVDC project Region of the Indian Grid with a Converter
Vindyanchal [1] (commissioned in April 1989) Transformer of 12x234 MVA. Sasaram Back to
distributes power of 2x250 MW and connects back [3] was commissioned in September 2002
Vindhyanchal Super Thermal Power Station to delivering 500 MW having a Converter
Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station. It has the Transformer rating of 6x234 MVA. It connects
advantage of bidirectional power flow. The plant Pusali (Eastern Region) to Sasaram (Eastern part of
achieves the load diversity of Northern and Northern grid). The Block 1 of the Gazuwaka [1]
Western region of the Indian Grid using a back to back HVDC Project was commissioned in
Converter Transformer of 8x156 MVA. 1999 and Block 2 in March 2005. It connects
Chandrapur back to back [1] was the second such Jeypore to Gazuwaka Thermal Station with a
project, commissioned in 1993 connecting converter transformer rating of 6x234 MVA for
Chandrapur Thermal Power Station to block 1 and 6x201.2 MVA for block 2. It meets the
Ramagundum Thermal Power Station. Coupled high demand of southern region using the surplus
with the bidirectional power flow capability, it power available.
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III. HVDC PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ISSUES shall be the first of its kind in the world. This
There are various concerns regarding the above project is expected to commission by 2015. It also
mentioned system which include creation of high includes the extension of the Mundra-
capacity long distance transmission corridors to Mohindergarh HVDC link currently operating at
enable minimum cost per MW transfer, the 1500 MW to its full installed capacity of 2500
complexity involved in realizing and extending MW. The proposed HVDC link project by PGCIL
present systems to Multi-Terminal systems, limited between India and Sri Lanka connecting Madurai
overload capacity of the static inverters coupled (Southern India) and Anuradhapura (Central Sri
with the difficulty in installation. The high cost of Lanka) would be of 285km length including 50km
installation of the plant due to the umpteen number of submarine cables. The project would take the
of protection equipment required to eliminate the final form in two phases, first would enable the
harmonics have been some of the issues faced in transfer of 500 MW and 1000 MW,the target
the development of existing HVDC systems. It has capacity in the second phase in near future. Such a
also been observed that implementation on DC connection would enable the two countries to sell
circuit breakers is a complex task owing to the excess energy thus saving resources. Another
requirement of current being made zero forcefully proposed HVDC link connecting Behrampur
which helps prevents arcing and contact wear and (India) with Bheramara (Bangladesh) is announced
hence reliable switching. And the project so by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
developed should also have minimal effect on the (PGCIL) and Bangladesh Power Development
environment. Thus, to account for the ever Board (BPDB).The line will have initial transfer
increasing demand of power, strong, lossless capacity of 500 MW, which will later be increased
transmission methods need to be developed to 1000 MW. The 125 Km line will cover 40 km of
between the generating stations and the bulk power its length in Bangladesh and rest in India.
consumers. Bangladesh is supposed to start spelling 250 MW
IV. FUTURE PROSPECT Power by the end of 2012. Further, research has
To facilitate the transfer of power from generating been going on in the field of implementation of
stations to bulk load centers various projects are Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy logic for the fault
being planned which include the introduction of identification of the present HVDC systems. The
800 KV, 3000 MW upgradable to 6000 MW Multi- ANFIS system has an advantage over normal
terminal systems[1]. The proposed site for rectifier controllers in the fact that they do not require
station is in Bishwanath Chariali and Alipurduar mathematical modeling i.e. absolute data to work.
handling 3000 MW and the Inverter station at Agra In the present installations, 70% of the data would
handling 6000 MW power. This system is be provided to the ANFIS system and the rest 30%
proposed to originate from Assam and pass through would be left for testing and validation. The circuit
West Bengal, Bihar and terminate in Uttar Pradesh shall be enriched with a conventional PI controller
with an approximate length of 1728 km. It will be to help store the results. Another advantage of
the highest capacity HVDC project of the world using this technique would be in terms of the delay
considering the continuous 33% overload feature. angle. Earlier in fault identification systems, the
Each pole of the multi-terminal shall been designed entire working of the circuit depended on the
for 2000 MW which are the highest capacity poles correct choice of the delay angle which had an
in the world. The Earth Electrode shall be designed upper limit usually of 60°. However, no such
for 5000 Ampere DC continuous current which limitation exists in this system.
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