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Baobian delivers first high-end converter transformer to UHV station

Dec 1, 2020
Misc
Posted by Patrick Haddad

The first high-end converter transformer of the UHV Qingnan Converter Station has been assembled by the professional technical team of Tianwei Baobian (Qinhuangdao) Transformer Co., Ltd.

The transformer was built at the Xining Assembly and Test Base, and passed the entire set of factory tests before being officially shipped to the special High pressure Qingnan converter station.

  This is the first of the high-end converter transformers in the UHV Qingnan Converter Station. The converter transformer is the core equipment of the DC transmission project. Together with the converter valve, it forms the “heart” of the converter station—— The main function of the inverter is to convert 750 kV alternating current into ±800 kV direct current to realize long-distance, large-scale, high-efficiency and low-loss transmission of clean energy.

  As the sending-end converter station of the Qingyu DC project, the UHV Qingnan converter station requires a total of 28 converter transformers, all of which will be provided by Baobian Electric, of which 6 ±800 kV high-end converter transformers will be overhauled in this test base Complete assembly and factory test.

 Baobian Electric conducted line surveys, plan design, road and bridge reinforcement, obstacle clearance, and transportation procedures alongside professional transportation companies in advance of the task. The actual transportation coveredna distance of 220 kilometers and took three days to reach the station.

Source: Mei.net

Photo (for illustrative purposes): Electric power transmission / 123df / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

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