IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - March/April 2016 - 18

the hvdc and fActs subcommittee
chaired by Andrew isaacs of electranix.

In This Issue
this issue of IEEE Power & Energy
Magazine summarizes and supplements
Wg 15.05.08 discussions on hvdc and
fActs replacements and refurbishments. the authors in this issue reflect
a wealth of knowledge from the different perspectives of consultants, owners,

and manufacturers. these six articles
raise important issues and summarize
experience over a wide number of facilities that inform both old and new
owners of hvdc and fActss.
✔ "Refurbish Rather than Replace:
Resuscitating Aging hvdc and
fActs projects" provides a generic summary of refurbishment
issues. the article serves as a ready
reference for readers involved

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with both old and new hvdc and
fActs facilities. the breakdown
of facility costs by percent and
the typical lives of components of
hvdc and fActs systems may be
of particular interest to readers.
✔ "When it's time to Upgrade:
hvdc and fActs Renovation in
the Western power system" discusses the renovation of hvdc
and fActs projects throughout
the U.s. western power system.
the many engineers who modernized the pacific hvdc intertie
successfully dealt with extraordinarily complex equipment and
major unexpected events. the article also discusses several older
facilities that were either retired
or are not yet scheduled for refurbishment as well as some new
hvdc facilities.
✔ "Making old new Again: hvdc
and fActs in the northeastern
United states and canada" summarizes various approaches used
for refurbishing projects that were
beginning to show signs of aging, not meeting present system
requirements, or performing inadequately. the global examination
of multiple facilities as candidates
for upgrades is particularly useful
for minimizing adverse long-term
economic and reliability effects
on the overall system. Different
approaches for different facilities
are appropriate. some facilities
are suitable for gradual upgrades,
while others ought to be replaced
in their entirety. (this article struck
a personal note because i was involved in the planning of several
hvdc and fActs installations in
the northeast.)
✔ "extending their lifetimes: Keeping hvdc and fActs installations in service longer" discusses
refurbishments throughout north
America, europe, and Asia. the
article features a facility where a replacement hvdc terminal was built
in a different location and the transfer capability was upgraded. the
article also identifies significant

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