AC HTS Transmission Cable for Integration into the Future EHV Grid of the Netherlands

AC HTS Transmission Cable for Integration into the Future EHV Grid of the Netherlands

Zuijderduin, R.
Chevtchenko, O.
Smit, J.J.
Aanhaanen, G.
Melnik, I.
Geschiere, A.

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Electrical Sustainable Energy

2012-12-31

Due to increasing power demand, the electricity grid of the Netherlands is changing. The future grid must be capable to transmit all the connected power. Power generation will be more decentralized like for instance wind parks connected to the grid. Furthermore, future large scale production units are expected to be installed near coastal regions. This creates some potential grid issues, such as: large power amounts to be transmitted to consumers from west to east and grid stability. High temperature superconductors (HTS) can help solving these grid problems. Advantages to integrate HTS components at Extra High Voltage (EHV) and High Voltage (HV) levels are numerous: more power with less losses and less emissions, intrinsic fault current limiting capability, better control of power flow, reduced footprint, etc. Today's main obstacle is the relatively high price of HTS. Nevertheless, as the price goes down, initial market penetration for several HTS components is expected by year 2015 (e.g.: cables, fault current limiters). In this paper we present a design of intrinsically compensated EHV HTS cable for future grid integration. Discussed are the parameters of such cable providing an optimal power transmission in the future network.

national transmission grid
potential bottlenecks
high temperature superconducting cables
compensation of reactive power
intrinsically compensated cable

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8c42112a-822b-45c8-b7e0-0766580de680

doi: 10.1016/j.phpro.2012.06.192

Elsevier

1875-3892

Physics Procedia, 36, 2012

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