Cigre Study Committee Minutes 2010 100510id31ver108

CIGRE STUDY COMMITTEE B4 - HVDC AND
POWER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

The 43rd Session Regular Meeting
Friday August 27, 2010
Paris, France
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Chair: Bjarne Andersen
Secretary: Stig Nilsson
Note: Reports presented at the meeting can be found on the SC B4 web site www.cigreb4.org,
go to Events and then Cigre Events, they are indexed according to the sections/subsections
listed below.
Attendance at this meeting is as follows:
Attending Regular Members/Representatives:
Australia/NZ
Nalin
Japan
Pahalawaththa
Brazil
Sergio Espirito
Korea
Santo
Canada
John McNichol
Netherlands
China
Hong Chao
Norway
Denmark
Poul Damgaard
Russia
France
Finland
Germany
India
Samuel Nguefeu
Jussi Jyrinsalo
Hartmut Huang
R. P. Sasmal
South Africa
Sweden
UK
USA
Italy
Antonio Ardito
Masahiro
Takasaki
Tae-kyoo Oh
Yanny Fu
Magne
Meisingset
Grigory
Tsfasman
Thomas Magg
Victor Lescale
Norman
MacLeod
Stig Nilsson*
*Attending as Secretary of SC
Absent Regular Members:
Chile
Juan Araneda
Mexico
Jesus Gonzalez
Poland
Krzysztof
Madajewski
Study Committee Officers

Chair
Bjarne Andersen
Secretary
Stig Nilsson
Romainia
Spain
Mircea Eremia
David Alvira
Observer Members Attending:

Argentina
Jorge Luis Aguero
Austria
Klaus Papp
Observer Members Absent:

Algeria
Safia Tibeche
Belgium
Karim Karoui
Ireland
Cormac McCarthy
Switzerland
Sven Klaka
TF Conveners, AG Members
WG B4-38
WG B4 - 44
WG B4 - 46
WG B4 - 47
WG B4 - 48
WG B4 - 49
JWG B4/C3/B2.50
WG B4 - 51
WG B4 - 52
AG B4.01
AG B4.04
Ani Gole
Kirsten Faugstad
Dirk Westermann
Nigel Shore
Guangfu Tang
Stig Nilsson*
Jose A Jardini
Yanny Fu*
Gunnar Asplund
Bjarne Andersen*
Narinder Dhaliwal
Canada
Norway
Germany
UK
China
USA
Brazil
Netherlands
Sweden
UK
Canada
*Listed in RM section above.

Guests
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Marian
Piekutowski
Dinesh Perera
Klaus Pointner
Alex Grisenti
Marcio Szechtman
Wo Wei Ping
John Graham
Canada
Rao Atmuri
Murray Bennett
Joanne Hu
Mojtaba
Mohaddes
Raj Kanshitz
Les Recksiedler
India
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Mahesh
Ambardekar
Takeru Murao
Koji Temma
Masayuki Nagao
Young Soong
Ham
Yong Ho Chung
Mohd Ridzal
Othman
Manfred Manchen
Kees Koreman
John Gleadow
Peter Griffiths
Arne Strandem
Kristian Varna
China
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Mohamed
Rashwan
Bob Burton
Andy Wachal
Reza Iravani
Zehong Liu
Peter Chritsensen
Kent Sbrink
Pasi Yli-Salomki
Tuomas Rauhala
Geraldine Real
Peter Lips
Carsten Bartzsch
Norbert Christl
Poland
Michael Kosnecki
Spain
South Africa
Eduardo Prieto
Leon Chetty
Nelson Ijumba
Sweden
Kerstin Linden
Abay Kumar
Markus kerberg
Andre Canelhas
Ram Adapa
UK
USA
1.0 Opening Comments Andersen

Chair Bjarne Andersen opened the meeting at 0900. The attached Agenda for the meeting was
shown. There were 77 persons in attendance. Bjarne noted that this would be the last session for
the following members:
Araneda Tapia, Juan Carlos; Chile
Jyrinsalo, Jussi; Finland
NGUEFEU Samuel; France
Huang, Hartmut; Germany
Gonzales, Flores Jesus; Mexico
Fu, Yanny Hong (Mrs.); Netherlands
Madajewski, Krzysztof; Poland
Eremia Mircea-Grigore; Romania
Alvira, Baeza David; Spain
Stig Nilsson; United States
He noted that Stig Nilsson has been nominated and has accepted the position as Secretary of the
Study Committee.
He noted that it was the last meeting for the following observer:
Tibeche, Safia; Algeria
Bjarne thanked the retiring members for their contributions.
New incoming Regular Members of the Study Committee are as follows:

Awad, Mohamed Mohamed, Egypt
Bartzsch, Carsten, Germany
Bulac, Constantin, Romania
Elahi, Hamid, United States
Grisenti, Alexander, Austria
Koreman, Kees G.A., Netherlands
Prieto Garca, Eduardo, Spain
Yli-Salomki Pasi, Finland
New incoming Observers are as follows:

Koronides, Athanassios, Greece
Kosmecki, Michal, Poland
Mihalic, Rafael, Slovania
Mohamed, Shaikh Al-Sitri, Saudi Arabia
Olguin Parada, Gabriel, Chile
Oulldalin, Nadia, Algeria
Real, Graldine, France
Bjarne Andersen recognized Mohammed Rashwan as the 2010 recipient of the IEEE Uno Lamm
Award. He also recognized Chris Horwil as the 2010 recipient of the IEEE FACTS award.
The Technical Committee award for 2010 was given to Bill Long, USA
2.0 Minutes of Norway Meeting - Nilsson

The minutes were accepted without changes.
3.0 Technical Committee Activities Report - Andersen
Bjarne Andersen updated the SC on the activities of the Technical Committee (TC).
The TC is pursuing three strategic objectives.
#1: The TC has organized three TC Projects. These are similar to WGs but are led by and the
work performed by the TC members . The projects are such that they would normally involve
several study committees (SC).
Network of the Future: This is a review of the electric power systems from generation to
the delivery of the power to the end users. This study will probably lead to additional
activities for the SCs. B4 is actively participating in this work.
Efficiency of the Transmission System: The questions for this WG are i) how to get the
most out of the system and ii) how to loose less power in the T&D systems. B4 is a
contributor to this work.
UHV for AC and DC: This is a JWG with IEC to define the needs for new standards.
This work has been completed and the JWG has been disbanded..
#2: How to get more young people involved with CIGRE: One of the objectives is to get more
young people involved with WGs. Bjarne reminded the RM and working group convenors that
they should encourage participation of the next generation in all activities.
#3: Open up Electra to include papers from outside WGs and SCs. Such articles are expected to
be reviewed by experts in the field.
4.0 Strategic Plan and Advisory Groups
4.1 AG 01: Strategic Advisory Group - Nilsson

The meeting of AG01 was held on August 26, 2010 between 14.00 18.00 hrs. The group met
with 14 attendees. The agenda for the August 26 meeting of AG011 was shown and is attached
to these minutes. Because all of the results from the deliberations of AG01 will be presented to
the SC, they were not discussed further. AG01 has been working on development of a strategic
plan and an action plan that is intended to define work to be pursued by the SC to meet the
strategic objectives. These and proposals for new WGs were included in the SCs agenda.
Bjarne Andersen encouraged those who would like to be considered as members of AG01 to
send him an e-mail about their interests.
Dirk Westermann presented the results of a review of old TBs performed by a Task Force under
AG01. A copy of the Task Force Presentation is attached. A total of 51 TBs were catalogued. It
was recommended that the TBs should be reviewed to see if they are still relevant, and/or if they
need to be updated to reflect changes in technology since the work was done originally. Dirk
Westermann accepted to be the convener of a TF to review the TBs prior to the 2011 meeting in
Australia. The result of the reviews will be a set of TORs for new WGs where this is deemed
desirable. Dirk solicited help from the RMs or experts in the fields to perform the reviews.
Action: RMs and other to contact Dirk if they are willing to help with the initial reviews.
4.2
AG 04: HVDC System Performance - Dhaliwal
Narinder Dhaliwal presented the results from the just completed survey. A copy of the AG04
Presentation is attached to these minutes. Some data has been received after the deadline for the
paper submittal. The WG therefore, desires to prepare an addenda to the paper published at the
2010 Session. Narinder also asked the SC members to encourage the operators of HVDC
systems to participate in the surveys because the data would help the owners of the systems to
improve the reliability of their systems and to be better prepared to manage potential problems.
Action: RM members to contact Narinder to establish the need for information about
HVDC schemes in their local region.
The AG has prepared guidelines for collecting data from VSC systems. Bjarne asked the AG to
make this into a TB. Action: B4 AG.04
The AG will send out a new survey covering transformer reliability early 2011.
4.3
2010 Survey Jurinsalo
Jussi Jurinsalo presented the results of the 2010 Survey. A copy of the presentation is attached.
Only 37 responses were received. One conclusion was that the web site is not considered to be
very valuable. The feedback was that the web site is complicated and frequently out of date.
More frequent communications was also requested. E-mail distribution of status reports etc. was
discussed. Bjarne expressed the view that although communication is very important, to maintain
an e-mail list is too much work for us to undertake. He asked if we should consider using Linked
In as a vehicle for sending out news. However, only three members thought that Linked In
would be a useful tool. However, not many are using Linked In so it might be worth
considering. No one raised any objections to trying it as a tool to reach target audiences.
Action: Bjarne to initiate a Linked In account and to start a trial. Go to
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3409498&trk=anet_ug_hm
4.4
2010 2020 Strategic Plan Nilsson
The approved strategic plan can be found on B4s Cigre web site as follows:
http://www.cigre-b4.org/Site/Technical/pa_sp.asp
The plan was not discussed further.
4.5
Action Plan Nilsson
The action plan can be found on B4s Cigre web site as follows:
http://www.cigre-b4.org/Site/Technical/pa_ap.asp
Bjarne Andersen explained that the action plan is a living document with about a 3-year
life time before it needs to be revised.
A discussion of some of the action items ensued.
L3 - Active participation of Regular Members, Experts and WG members: Bjarne
emphasized that members of the SC need to participate. Incentivizing members via
awards or other recognitions was discussed. We only have one to two TC awards per
year and Bjarne asked if we should try to get additional awards. Mohamed Rashwan
thought that there was no need for additional awards. At present, when a TB is finished,
a letter goes to the WG members and convener and asks if a letter about the
accomplishment also should be sent to the employer of the individual. John Gleadow
noted that the Australian NC has an ongoing process for getting feedback about how
Australian participants in CIGRE perform.
In regards to TBs it was mentioned that not all of the WG members actually participate.
It was noted that the WG convener only should list those on the TB who actually have
contributed to the document. Joanne Hu suggested that it was particularly important to
check for missing information in the documents. Marcio Szechtman noted that the
names of the TB reviewers do not show up on the TB. Action: Bjarne to raise the
issue of acknowledging TB reviewers in the published document within the TC..
Bjarne emphasized that TBs have to be reviewed by the RMs and Observers.
Occasionally, Bjarne sends the TBs to other for a special review. RMs are expected to
include their expert advisers in the review process. Action: RMs to ensure that TBs
are properly reviewed, involving experts as necessary in the review process.
L5 - Decentralized activities and improved participation from developing countries:
Bjarne encourages members to find ways to help spread the word on information
available to other engineers who might not be aware of or have direct access to CIGRE.
Victor Lescale asked how large the system should be to be of interest to CIGRE.
Bjarne pointed out that CIGRE covers power systems down to the distribution level so
the systems do not have to be large. Our goal is to promote CIGRE so the activities
should be appropriate for CIGRE, which means non-commercial.
H1 - Review the TBs already produced. Update/revise where necessary. Identify the
need for other TBs and initiate WG: Bjarne asked how many would be willing to review
existing TBs. About 30% indicated a willingness to do so. Action: Those interested
in reviewing TBs and/or participating in their update to contact Dirk.
H2 - Address issues of concern to network planners, regulators and the public:
Environmental effects are being addressed. Bjarne indicated that he did not see it as
our role to communicate directly to the general public. However, B4, through its TBs
should provide other engineers, more familiar with communicating to the general public,
access to unbiased and sound information, which may be of interest to the general
public. Action: WG Convenors to identify and remember who is the target
audience for a TB, but nevertheless to ensure that a wider audience will be able to
also get something out of the TB.
F3 - Use of FACTS systems with alternative energy systems such as wind and solar
power systems: This covers the ac side of the SCs scope. Use of FACTS technologies
for large wind farms could be a useful study area. B4.39 has completed work in this
area but we might need to do more. Bjarne solicited volunteers to propose a Terms of
Reference for a WG in this area: Action: Any Volunteers please?.
Bjarne asked if anyone had any proposed changes to the Action plan. None were
proposed. The plan was approved. The draft label will be removed from the plan
document and the document will be posted on the web page. Action: SC secretary
5.0 Working Group Reports
5.1 WG B4-38 Simulation of HVDC and FACTS - Gole

Attached presentation: B4-WG38 HVDC modelling.pdf
The WG has limited the scope of the study report to HVDC schemes using line commutated
converters (LCC) . That is, it will not cover VSC systems. A comment was made about the need
to organize a similar WG on FACTS systems. Action: Volunteer to draft a Term of
Reference for Simulation of FACTS devices.
5.2 WG B4-44 Planning Guidelines Dealing with HVDC Environmental
Issues - Faugstad
Attached presentation: B4-44WG Report - 27Aug10.pdf
The draft TB is expected to be circulated for 60 day reviews by the end of November 2010.
Good comments have been received from SCs C1 and B2. There might be a need to have the
report reviewed by SC C3 before the TB is published. Bjarne is also proposing that the draft TB
be sent to SC B2 and C1 as part of the general review process. Action: Bjarne to submit draft
TB to B2, C1 and C3.
5.3 WG B4-46 Voltage Source Converter (VSC) HVDC for Power
Transmission Economic Aspects and Comparison with Other AC and DC
Technologies - Westermann
Attached presentation: B4-46 WG SC Meeting Slides.pdf
The work of this WG is close to being finished. The TB is expected to be ready for the 60 day
review by the end of October 2010.
5.4 WG B4-47 Special Issues in AC Filter Specifications for HVDC Shore
Attached presentation: B4-47 Report Aug 2010.pdf
The WG plans to submit the TB for 60 day review by the end of the year.
5.5 WG B4-48 Component Testing of VSC System for HVDC
Applications Tang
Attached presentation: B4-48 WG Report-Guangfu.pdf
The TB has been going through the 60 day review and has been submitted to B4 for
final approval. It is expected that the document will be submitted to IEC as an input to a
standard on testing of VSC valves. The IEC standard will focus on the valves and not
on the balance of the plant which is also covered in the TB.
In response to a question about the coverage of new VSC topologies in the TB, Dr.
Tang responded by stating that most of the specified type tests for the valves apply to
both PWM and MMC type valves.
For lightning impulse type tests it should be remembered that the valves are housed in
a valve hall and that reactors and capacitors limit surges before they arrive at the
valves.
Hartmut Huang noted that it is not possible to apply a lightning surge on an MMC valve
because of the large capacitors used in such valves.
Bjarne reminded all that it was very important that the TB had been thoroughly
reviewed, as it would be adopted by IEC, and a Standard would be created based on
the TB. The members were asked by a show of hands to indicate if they had read the
report. It was obvious that not many of the members actually had read the report. Some
of the attendees requested an opportunity to read the draft TB. It was agreed to allow
the following to review and comment on the TB:
Peter Lips
Mohammed Rashwan
Joanne Hu
John Gleadow
Zehong Liu
Alexander Grisenti
Comments to be sent back to Dr. Tang two weeks after receiving the report.
5.6 WG B4-49 Performance Evaluation and Applications Review of
Existing Thyristor Controlled Series Compensation Devices (TCSCs) Nilsson
Attached presentation: B4-49 WG 26082010.pdf
The work on preparation of the TB has been delayed because of inputs lacking from
India and Sweden. Information from China has been received. However, performance
data from the operating TCSC systems is still sparse. ABB has committed to participate
in the WG. However, no one form ABB was present at the meeting. The members
agreed to assess what is possible to accomplish and set a goal to finish the draft of the
TB by the end of the year.
5.7 JWG B4/B2/C3-50 : Electric Field and Ion Current Environment of HVDC Overhead
Transmission Lines Jardini
Attached presentation: B4-50 JWG B4 C3 B2-50 2010.pdf
The work is progressing towards a draft TB. Some issues have arisen and various
approaches to resolving the issues are being discussed among the WG members.
Bjarne stressed the importance of the work, and stated that he would prefer for the
issue of the draft TB to be delayed, rather than rushing the work through.
5.8 WG B4-51 : Study of Converter Voltage Transients Imposed on HVDC Converter
Transformer Fu
Attached presentation: B4-51 WG 27th August 2010.pdf

Studies are being undertaken to identify the transformer stresses during various fault
events. It might be needed to start a new JWG with SC A2. Information about how
transient voltages affect transformers is needed. Stig Nilsson will try to obtain
information from an earlier EMI study project funded by EPRI. Action: Stig.
5.9 WG B4-52 : HVDC Grids Asplund
Attached presentation: B4-52 Paris 2010-08-23.pdf

The WG is making good progress, with a vary large group of members, including many
younger engineers. The resulting TB will be a feasibility study, and will not go into deep
detail on the many technical aspects which are affected by the formation of a DC Grid.
5.10 JWG B5/B4.25 Impact of HVDC Stations on Protection of AC Systems Kees
Koreman
Attached presentation: JWG B5-B4-25 report 2010.pdf

The first two meeting were poorly attended by the WG members, as they were one day events
held in China and Korea respectively. The Hydro Quebec experience from the GIC events with
SVC systems connected to AC lines is an example of the effect of harmonics on ac lines.
5.11 JWG C4/C1/B4-604 - Tuomas Rauhala
Attached presentations:
JWG-C4-C1-B4 SC JWG.pdf
Cigre JWG C4_B4_C1-604 REE_5May2010.pdf
The work started first in May 2010. Not much progress to report.
6.0 Future Meetings
6.1 2012 Preferential Subjects - Andersen
Sergio Santos and Hartmut Huang have agreed to serve as special reporters for the 2012
Paris meeting Technical Session. The preferential subjects, which will be presented at the TC
meeting are:
HVDC & FACTS Projects

o Project Planning, including environmental and regulatory issues
o Project implementation
o Project Performance including VSC, HVDC and UHVDC.
HVDC & FACTS Technology Developments

o HVDC converter stations
o FACTS equipment
o UHVDC equipment
Applications
o HVDC Grids and Multi-terminal HVDC systems
o Increased AC network capacity through the use of FACTS equipment,
o Increased AC network capacity through embedded HVDC systems and
conversion of ac lines to HVDC operation
o Integration of large renewable energy sources
The subjects may be changed because of feedback from the TC.

6.2 2011 SC Meeting in Australia - Pahalawaththa
Attached presentation: 2011 SCB4 Presentation.pdf
The meeting is scheduled for October 2011 as follows:
Sat 15 and Sun 16 - Working Group meetings
Mon 17 - Study Committee meeting
Tue 18 - Technical Visit to Loy Yang Converter Station
Tue 18 (evening) - Travel to Brisbane
Wed 19th Tutorials
Thu 20th and 21st Colloquium.
6.2 2012 Symposium in USA Nilsson
Attached presentation: 2012 San Francisco.pdf
The event planning is progressing. A joint meeting with SC B1, B2 and B4
representatives was held in conjunction with the Paris meeting. Spring of 2012 is the
target time frame and a visit to the Trans Bay terminal is a goal.
6.3 2013 SC Meeting in Brazil
Attached presentation: 2013 SC B4 meeting Brazil.pdf
The target dates for the meeting are September 28 - October 4, 2013.
The location of the meeting and the detailed programme is still subject to discussion.
6.4 Other Future Activities

A meeting in China to review progress on 800 kV systems is being planned. Further details to
be made available later.
Other meetings are scheduled for Bologna, Recife and Canada. See CIGRE Website for details.
7.0 New Working Group Proposals Andersen/Nilsson
7.1 Guideline for the procurement of STATCOMs Kell

Attached document: TOR-WG B4 53 STATCOM.pdf
The SC approved the formation of this WG and authorized Bjarne to bring it to the TC for
approval. Action: Bjarne
7.2 Life extension of HVDC converter stations Sasmal

Attached document: TOR-WG B4-54-Life Extension.pdf
The SC approved the formation of this WG and authorized Bjarne to bring it to the TC for
approval. Action: Bjarne

7.3 Detailed work in the area of HVDC Grids and Multi-terminal HVDC systems
Andersen
The following WG in the area of Multi-terminal HVDC and HVDC Grids were conceptually
discussed. The terms of reference (TOR) for the WG ideas will be drafted and the TORs
presented to the SC members for approval via e-mail voting.
1. Guidelines for the preparation of connection agreements or Grid Codes for
multi-terminal schemes and HVDC Grids. Basically, a definition of the
information that a new provider of a HVDC terminal would need to know, and his
converter be able to do, in order to ensure that the system works reliably and
efficiently. Action: Phillipe Adam will draft the TOR.
2. Guidelines for Generic converter and Black Box actual project models of
converters for multi-terminal and HVDC Grids. Basically, a WG setting out what
functionality the models need to have, what input/output facilities they should
have, how they shall be benchmarked against the full model and against real
performance. The issue here is that the manufacturer will not want to pass on
any of their intellectual property, but good models of the converter will be needed
to ensure that there is no unacceptable interaction between the various
converters. Action: Bjarne /Dennis Woodford to draft the TOR.
3. Load flow and dc voltage control in a meshed HVDC Grid. Basically, to look at
how loop power flows can be avoided (is any new equipment needed, e.g. the
equivalent of a TCSC?). How can efficient operation be maintained whilst
ensuring that the dc voltage in the Grid is kept within a reasonably small range. Action: Magne Meisingset to draft the TOR.
4. Protection of Multi-terminal and HVDC Grids. Basically, to provide guidelines for
the protective relaying systems in a multi-terminal and HVDC Grid. Whilst doing
this it may also be reasonable to establish the ideal (but practically achievable)
characteristics of dc breakers, looking at the pros and cons of different
methodologies. Action: Kees Koreman to draft the TOR.
5. Designing HVDC Grids to achieve reliability and availability criteria similar to
those of HVAC grid. This WG will most likely touch on network configurations,
lines and the arrangement of DC switching stations and dc switchyard
configurations. This work could be done jointly with C1. Action: Norman
MacLeod to draft the TOR.
7.4 Other WG Proposals

Kent Sbrink proposed a new WG for study of wind power plants. See the attached
document for details: ToR_WPP_HVDC.pdf
Kent was asked to put the proposal into a proper format for a TOR proposal. He was
asked to consider deleting photo voltaic systems from this scope because that might
make it difficult to complete the work in a reasonable length of time. Action: Sbrink
8.0 Reports from Other Committees or Organizations

No oral presentation of the information from other organizations were made. Received reports
are the following:
IEC 22F_Report-2008-2010.pdf
22F_223e_AC.pdf
22F_226e_AC.pdf
IEC TC115 Status of standard development in HVDC.pdf
No other reports have been received.
9.0 Other reports
Reports presented under agenda item #10 below.
10.0 HVDC and FACTS Schemes Under Construction or Planned

Note: Copies of the presentations are found in a separate Presentation document.
10.1 Special presentation: Feedback on the Qubec New England Multiterminal
HVDC Line20 years of Operation by Danielle McNabb, Manager Equipment Studies.
See: 10.1 B-4 Cigr open session HQT MTCC new 13aug.pdf
10.2 Other presentations
See the following documents:
10.2 INDIA_2010.pdf
10.3 SC B4 2010 item 10 Norway.pdf
10.4 Moray Firth Multi-terminal.pdf
10.5 HVDC schemes in Spain_REE.pdf
10.6 Xian_Shang 800kV project.pdf
10.7 Caprivi Project Feedback Paris 2010.pdf
10.8 Alstom GRID HVDC Projects CIGRE 2010 08.pdf
10.9 0100827 SC B4 Meeting_Introduction to the new projects planed in CSG_Dr HongC.pdf
10.10 100820_Siemens_HVDC_Activities.pdf
10.11 2010 Belo Monte Madeira BR final.pdf
10.12 SC-B4-meeting-Sweden.pdf
Other project reports from the attendees were as follows:

Kees Koreman mentioned the 200 MW Cobra project.
Italy is building the second pole for the Sardinia link. Also a 1000 MW DC link to be
installed across the Adriatic Sea. A new 1000 MW VSC link to be installed between
Italy and France. This will be installed in a tunnel through the Alps. The cable will have
about 700 to 800 joints. A link between Italy and Tunisia is put on hold for now.
Fenoskan number 2 is planned. A new connection between Finland and Estonia to be

commissioned in 2014.
11.0 Presentation on D1 work on nano-composites Prof. Masayuki Nagao, Toyokashi

University ofTechnology
12 .0 Any other business

None introduced.
14.0 Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 17:25.
Minutes submitted by Stig Nilsson, Secretary, Study Committee B4
Stig Nilsson
October, 2010
Agenda
Session: SC Meeting, SC B4
Date: 27th August 2010
Place:Paris, France
Venue: Room 242 B level: 2

Time: 9.00AM to 6:00 PM
Draft Agenda
Item
1.0
Opening Comments
Andersen
2.0
Minutes of Ullensvang, Norway Meeting
Nilsson
3.0
Technical Committee Activities Report

3.1 TC Updates
Andersen
3.2
4.0
5.0
Network of the Future
Advisory Groups, Strategic and Action Plan

4.1
AG 01: Strategic Advisory Group
Nilsson
4.2
AG 04: HVDC System Performance
Dhaliwal
4.3
2010 Survey
Jurinsalo
Strategic Plan
Nilsson
4.5
Nilsson
Action Plan
Members are invited to volunteer for actions included in
the Action Plan
Working Group Reports

5.1
B4-38 : Simulation of HVDC and FACTS
Gole
5.2
WG B4-44: Planning Guidelines Dealing with HVDC

Environmental Issues
Faugstad
5.3
WG B4-46 : Voltage Source Converter (VSC) HVDC

for power transmission Economic Aspects and
Westermann
comparison with other AC and DC technologies
6.0
7.0
5.4
WG B4-47 : Special Issues in AC Filter Specifications

for HVDC
Shore
5.5
WG B4-48 : Testing of VSC System for HVDC

applications
Tang
5.6
WG B4-49 : Performance Evaluation and Applications

Review of TCSC Devices
Nilsson
5.7
JWG B4/B2/C3-50 : Electric Field and Ion Current

Environment of HVDC Overhead Transmission Lines
Jardini
5.8
WG B4-51 : Study of Converter Voltage Transients

Imposed on HVDC Converter Transformer
Fu
5.9
WG B4-52 : HVDC Grids
Asplund
5.10
JWG B5/B4.25 Impact of HVDC Stations on

Protection of AC Systems
TBD
5.11
JWG C4/C1/B4-604
TBD
Future meetings
6.1
2012 Preferential Subjects
Andersen/Santo/
Huang
6.2
2011 Australia meeting
Pahalwaththa
5.3
2012 Meeting in San Francisco - Status report
Nilsson
6.4
2013 Brazil Meeting
Santo
6.5
Upcoming Tutorials
Jyrinsalo
6.6
B4 Participation in Regional CIGRE Meetings
Andersen
New Working Group Proposals

7.1
Guideline for the procurement of STATCOMs
Kell
7.2
Life extension of HVDC converter stations
Sasmal
8.0
7.3
Detailed work in the area of HVDC Grids and Multiterminal HVDC systems
Andersen/Asplund
7.4
Other WG Proposals
Anyone.
Reports from Other Committees or Organizations

(Electronic format reports plus 5 minutes maximum
presentation Advice the Secretary of proposal to make a
presentation)
CESI
CEPEL
CRIEPI
DOE
EPRI (China)
EPRI (USA)
IREQ
Manitoba HVDC Research Centre
Russia
Other Organizations Not Identified
9.
HVDC and FACTS Schemes Under Construction or

Planned (Participants to provide electronic format
reports with brief verbal summary, time permitting.)
10.
Operational Experiences of Existing HVDC and FACTS

Schemes (Participants to provide electronic format
reports with brief verbal summary, time permitting.)
11.
Any other business

Presentation by D1 representatives on nano-composites.
This 10 minute presentation will be given at the
commencement of the afternoon part of the meeting.
Members are asked to advise of any other issues they
would like to be included on the agenda in advance of
the meeting
12.0
Reports from other Organisation Liaisons (maximum 10

minutes each)
12.1
IEEE
Woodford
12.2
IEC
Travin
12.2.1 IEC TC115/JCCIG
13.
Adjournment
Povh
Proposed Agenda for meeting of Advisory Group AG01

Date: August 26, 2010
Time: 14.00 18.00 hrs
Location: CIGRE Meeting, Palais Des Congres de Paris 2, Place de la Porte Maillot - 75017
PARIS France; Room 304-305 level: 3
Convener: Bjarne Andersen
Time
14.00
14.10
14.20
14.30
15.00
15.30
15.45
16.00
16.15
16.30
16.45
17.00
17.15
17.45
18.00
Agenda Item
Start of meeting & Report of TC and other meetings
Review of agenda
Strategic Plan
Action Plan
Proposed new WGs
Coffee break
AG01 Guidance for WG Convenors
AG01 TF Survey
AG 01: TF Environmental Issues
AG 01: TF Communication and Tutorials
AG04: HVDC System Performance
Preferential subjects for 2012
Discussion of the upcoming Study Committee meeting
Other Business
Adjourn
Presenter
Bjarne Andersen
Stig Nilsson
Bjarne Andersen
Bjarne Andersen
Bjarne Andersen
Poul Damgaard
Jussi Jyrinsalo
John McNicholl
Jussi Jyrinsalo
Narinder Dhaliwal
Bjarne Andersen
Bjarne Andersen/ Stig Nilsson
Bjarne Andersen
Bjarne Andersen
AG01 Task Force Presentation
SC B4
TF: B4 WG report review
CIGR SC B4 Prof. Dr. Dirk Westermann
Convener: Dirk Westermann
TF Content
Objective
Find out delta described in old WG reports to currents state

of the art
Make proposal for new WG TOR
Time horizon
Preliminary list of new WG for Australia meeting in 2011
Final list of TORs for Paris meeting 2012
WG / JWG B$4 reports as of catalouge
Total: 51 reports of which
22 issued after 2000 (inlcuding)
29 before 2000
TF members and tasks
Select reports by topic rather then by year of publication
Read report and describe delta to state of the art
Assessment based on scheme as provided by TF convenor
No final report but set of TOR proposals for new WGs
TF members
Recruited from RM of WG are there any RMs which have

been participating in writing the reports ?
Second criteria Experts in the field of the particular report
AG04 Presentation
ANNUAL REPORT
B4-AG04
HVDC SYSTEM
PERFORMNACE
N. DHALIWAL
AUG 27, 2010
NUMBER OF SYSTEMS
REPORTING
CIGRE B4.04
Report Status Aug 2010
40
38
34
32
30
Actual
28
26
24
22
Reporting Year
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
20
1997
Number of Reports Received
36
% OF SYSTEMS REPORTING
CIGRE B4.04
Percent of Operating LCC Systems
45.0
35.0
Actual
30.0
25.0
Reporting Year
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
20.0
1997
Received % of Total Systems
40.0
REASONS FOR NOT

REPORTING
REPORTING PERSON RETIRED

LACK OF MANAGEMENT INTEREST
LACK OF MANPOWER
CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUE
LOSS OF CONTACT
STEPS FOR GREATER

PARTICIPATION
REGULAR MEMBERS CAN ASSIST IN
FINDING CONTACT PERSON
ENCOURAGE MANAGEMENT
ONE DAY SEMINAR TO POTENTIAL
CONTRIBUTORS ON CIGRE
REPORTING
COMPENDIUM
ALL SYSTEMS UP TO 2007 ARE ON
THE WEB SITE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE LATEST
SYSTEMS IS BEING COLLECTED
TRANSFORMER FAILURE
SURVEY
NEXT SURVEY SHALL BE SENT OUT IN
DEC 2010
FAILURES FOR YEARS 2009 AND 2010
TO BE REPORTED
VSC SYSTEMS
REPORTING PROTOCOL HAS BEEN
REVISED TO INCLUDE VSC SYSTEMS
WILL BE ISSUED SOON.
COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
CONVENER
2010 Survey
Study Committee B4,

HVDC and Power Electronics
Survey 2010
Jussi Jyrinsalo
AG B4.01
17.8.2010
Background information
37 answers were received by August 17th.
12 answers from South America, 11 answers from Europe and Russia, 7
from Japan, 4 from Australia and New Zealand and 3 from North America.
17 answers came from users of PE technology, 12 from universities or
research institutes, 5 from manufacturers and 3 from consultants.
Most of the answers came from people already more or less involved in B4
work. We did not quite reach the external interest groups needing
information about PE technology but not participating our work.
There were four main questions with several alternatives to choose from:
How do you rate the present value of different SC B4 activities?

How should B4 communicate to it's stakeholders?
Where should B4 focus it's activities?
What is your interest/availability to participate in B4 activities?
In addition, many general comments and ideas were received.

17.8.2010
Question 1, results
Lowest
Highest
28
in average 4,1
26
4.2
4.0
3.9
3.6
4.1
24
24
22
20
How many answers?
3.7
0.5
23
1.0
20
19
1.5
18
16
16
2.0
14
12
12
10
8
4
0
17.8.2010
11
10
12 12
3
0
1 1
3.0
8
6
Session and
symposia
1 poor
Regional
meetings and
colloquia
2 adequate
4.0
Tutorials and Working groups Advisory groups

Technical
courses
and task forces
brochures and
articles
3 satisfactory
4 good
3.5
4
2
0
2.5
11
Committee
meetings
13
6
2
0.0
3.4
4.5
Website
5 excellent
Question 1, open comments

1.

General comments:
Getting regular summary/updates on all activities of B4 would be useful.
For making the activities more attractive, more information about CIGRE WG activities
and developments is needed.
Tutorials and courses:

More tutorials and seminars are needed.
Technical brochures and articles:

They are very good.
Excellent source of information, well organized, clear layout, very helpful.
Website:
Complicated to work with.
Considerable amount of useful information sometimes not that easy to find (at least for
new visitors) - the layout and the captions confusing in some places.
Some information seem to havent been updated for some time and some errors occur.
17.8.2010
Question 2, results
Highest
Lowest
in average 25
4.6
How should SC B4 communicate to it's stakeholders?
3.7
4.0
3.8
4.4
4.0
20
3.9
3.8
3.9
0.5
1
20
18
1.5
16
12
10
9
7
16
10
14
12
11
9
2.5
12
10
10
8
3
3.5
3
0 0
16
14
13
0 0
1 1
0 0
4.5
1 not needed
2 might be of interest
3 occasional needs
4 important
5 main product
Website giving information on HVDC and FACTS
17.8.2010
Regular analysis of market/technology trends
Network of experts available for contacts
Articles and contributions
Results of international enquiries
Tutorials and courses
Open symposia and colloquia
Presentation material
Technical brochures/guidelines
How many answers?
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

2. How should SC B4 communicate to it's stakeholders?
Key documents to be available to B4 and wider members interested in the technology. Do
not mind paying for services that are not available from any other authoritative sources.
Newsletter.
RSS Feed notification of website updates.
It would be good to publish widely a summary of SCB4 achievements annually. This is a
good marketing point to the CEO of the supporting/member companies.
B4 needs to continue providing the focal point of technical expertise for HVDC/FACTS
technology and to provide a readily accessible information/support network .
Website is useful for sharing information.
Website should be enhanced to contain information for the management level.
Technical brochures/guidelines are the best place for contributions and the most
recognizable of CIGRE activities.
Presentation material is a good way of supplement to technical brochures/guidelines.
Symposia, colloquia, tutorials and courses are very good ways of presentation, exchange
of information etc. with one main drawback limitation of the number of people who can
attend it.
17.8.2010

2. How should SC B4 communicate to it's stakeholders?
Results of international enquiries, e.g. existing HVDC and FACTS schemes and their
performance (compendium) are very important as B4 is the only instance where this
data is collected in an independent way. It is close to the industry and describes
something that actually operates and exist in the reality, it constitutes a reliable source
of non-theoretical information.
Network of experts may appear extremely helpful for people who are inexperienced in a
given subject and seek advice (and will not make much use of the accessible literature)
or want to enquire about a particular thing, but I think it may be difficult to popularize
such a network for the people to know it exist and is ready to answer questions.
Regular analysis of market/technology trends is of high value in todays fast progressing
industry.
Website giving information on HVDC and FACTS is the first and main source of
information for many people. The website should exist and contain up-to-date
information (showing that the owner of the website is active) in considerable amount
(showing that the owner of the website is prolific) but in low detail (encouraging the
visitor to contact the owner and start widely-understood cooperation).
17.8.2010
0
11
10
9
00
00
17.8.2010
1 not needed
Where should B4 focus it's activities?
10
10
17
14
13
11
4
4
00
00
2 less than present

10
00
0
11
7
7
5
2
0
1
3 about right
00
10
2
2
0
0
1
4 more than at present
3.7
19
17
15
12
9
7
5
3
00
00
1
Information for the General

Public
12
24
3.8
Information for Network

Owners and Investors
14
19
3.8
Information for System

Planners
16
17
3.6
Information for Engineers

working in the area of HVDC,
FACTS and PE
20
3.7
Activity in the area of Power

Electronics for Renewable
Energy
20
3.6
Activity in the area of Power

Electronics for Energy Storage
22
3.7
Activity in the area of FACTS
24
3.8
Activity in the area of HVDC
16
3.4
HVDC Grids
Highest
Interaction between ac network

and HVDC, FACTS and PE
systems
18
3.8
Input to the Standardisation

Process
2
in average 3.9
3.8
Performance of Existing
Systems
26
Technology Updates
28
Application Guides
How many answers?
Question 3, results
Lowest
3.5
3.2
23
20
8
5
6
5 should be a top activity
0.5
19
1.5
16
2
13
2.5
4
3.5
0
4.5

3. Where should B4 focus its activities?
Suggestions for focus areas:
Need to target material depending on the audiences level of interest and understanding.
Currently the focus appears to be very limited to an HVDC engineers.
Summary information for members of other SCs, organizations etc will be very valuable.
A useful area of focus would be information for Market and System operators.
Suggestions for specific projects to be started by B4:

Website at various levels of depth depending on the level of interest and membership.
Work with Cigr cables group to investigate and develop testing requirements in regard to
rapid HVDC cable polarity reversal.
Survey for performance of large renewable energy sites similar to that for performance of
existing systems.
Technical brochures on applications and operation of FACTS.
Technical brochures on FACTS modeling and simulation, including small signal linear
models and non-linear models. Detailed models for short-time simulations and simplified
models for long-time simulations.
17.8.2010
Question 4, results
What is your interest/availability to participate in B4 activities?
22
Highest
in average 3.4
3.6
3.6
3.4
3.8
3.0
Lowest
3.1
3.2
20
19
17
17
17
16
15
14
13
13
12 12
12
1.5
13
12
12
10
10
9
2.5
8
6
6 6
4
2
0.5
18
18
How many answers?
2.5
2
1
3.5
0
Committee
meetings
Session and
symposia
17.8.2010 1 not interested
Regional
meetings and
colloquia
Tutorials and Working groups

courses
and task forces
2 observing
3 contributing
Advisory
groups
Publications Evaluating and

commenting on
and
draft
presentation
material
4 participating
5 leading
Website
10
Main findings of the survey
The "traditional" activities of B4 are still seen of having the best value. A regular
summary of the activities might be needed, as people seem not to know about
many of the things we put work into.
Technical brochures and guidelines as well as results of international enquiries are
seen as the main communication channel to the stakeholders. Technology updates
from an unbiased source would be welcomed.
Any great value is not seen in providing more information to general public, and
the main target group still seems to be people already having technical expertise.
Any specific technical focus area being in great demand could not be identified.
There is some interest in having the website developed further but people are not
available to participate in the work. The greatest interest is in participating the
"traditional" work, i.e. meetings and seminars as well as working groups.
The respondents do not request any great changes in our way of working but more
information about what we are doing.
17.8.2010
11
B4-WG38 Report
WG B4.38 Guide for modelling and

B4-WG38
HVDC
and
FACTS
modelling
simulation of HVDC systems
Meetings:
Bergen 07/06,
Winnipeg 10/09
Paris 08/10: 15 attendees (8 Members, 2

proxy, 3 guests)
New Scope (since Bergen)
Scope limited to HVDC (LCC/VSC) modelling
New document structure based on modelling
requirements over life-cycle of the system
WG B4.38 Revised Guide Structure

Smallsmall
signal
analysis
Predesign
RealTNA/An
Electr
Hybrid
time
alog
Nois
Losse Groun ode
Harmonics digital
simulat RAM
EMI
simulat
e
s
ding Desig
simulat
ors
ors
n
ors
Ch 4.2Ch 4.4 Ch 4.5

4.3
Bid
Ch 5
Post award
Ch 6
Commissioning
Stage of life-cycle
Load
flow /
short
circuit
Transien
t
dynami
EMT
cs
simulati
on
Ch 4.5
ch 6.x
Ch 7.2Ch 7.37.5, 7.67.8

7.8
PostCh 8.X Ch 8.X Ch 8.X Ch 8.X

commissioning
Model
maintainability
Ch 9
Refurbishment
and integration
of new
equipment
Ch 10
Examples
Ch 11
These are integral part especially of

the design process of HVDC system,
but due to very special nature of
the studies and the programs
applied in the studies, these are out
of the main scope of this
document. These are shortly
described in the chapter 5.
WG B4.38 Schedule and Tasks

Of 7 study main sections, 4 are in draft form
Manufacturers input sought on chapters on bidding
stage and post-award studies
Carl Barker (UK) has agreed to be lead on bid and post
award study chapters
Dr. C. Wong (China) is lead on commissioning studies
Next Meetings:
Europe(TBA), Feb. 2011.
TBA
Target Completion Date: Oct. 2011 (Brisbane

Meeting)
B4-44WG Report
WG B4-44: Planning Guidelines Dealing with HVDC

Environmental Issues
Number of WG members: 17
From: Ireland, Canada, Denmark, Chile, Italy, South
Africa, New Zealand, Brazil, Sweden, USA, Norway
8 meetings have been held so far last year
June 2009, Bergen
November 2009, Rio
November 2009, Oslo
25 August 2010, Paris
WG B4-44
27 Aug 2010 Paris
B4-44 Achievements last year

Collected reports/papers on environmental issues
on a Google-group web-page
A Questionnaire on Environmental experience
sent to 34 link owners - 20 answers received
4 draft version of the Guideline-document
Distributed for WG comments
Distributed for comments from other SCs
Discussed in 4 WG-meetings
WG B4-44
27 Aug 2010 Paris
HVDC Environmental Planning Guidelines

...to provide an overview of the environmental issues to be considered
in the technical design and environmental approval processes
associated with an HVDC system
Target Audience: potential developers
Focus on possible environmental effects from:
DC Overhead Line
Cable
Converter Station
Electrodes
KFA 27 Aug 2010
B4-44 Further plans for completion

Include responces to our Questionnaire on environmental
experience
Finalise the Guidelines document (about 70 pages)
Distribute for 60 days review by end of November 2010
WG B4-44
27 Aug 2010 Paris
B4-46 WG Report
SC B4
WG B4-46
VSC HVDC for power transmission

Economic Aspects and comparison with
other AC and DC Technologies
WG Meeting September 2010

Paris
Convener: Dirk Westermann
Membership Status August 2010

JWG B4-46
Contributing Members (2010) in random order:

Dirk Westermannn (convenor)
TU Ilmenau, Germany
Alexander Kster
Swissgrid, Switzerland
Dirk van Hertem

KU Leuven, Belgium
Dag Soeangr
SIEMENS, Germany
Geraldine Real
RTE France, France
Gunnar Asplund
ABB, Sweden
Magne Meisingset
Stattnet, Norway
Masahiro Takasaki
Criepri, Japan
Tuomas Rauhala
Finngrid, Finnland
Bernd Klckl
Austrian Power Grid
Michael Kurrat
TU Braunschweig, Germany
Murray Bennet
Teshmont, Canada
Rana Atmuri
RBJ Engineering, Canada
Kurt Friedrich
SIEMENS, Germany
Kent Sobrink
Vestas, Denmar
WG Meetings
JWG B4-46
09.2007 Erlangen, DE
08.2008 Paris, FR
02.2009 Leuven, BE
06.2009 Bergen, NO
11.2009 Leuven, BE
09.2010 Paris, FR WG finalized
Technological Basis
JWG B4-46
UDC [kV]
7200 MW
800
LCC with OHTL
700
6400 MW
VSC converter with OHTL (ca. 600 kV)
600
500
1500 MW
2500 MW
400
300
LCC Converter, OHTL (800 kV)
VSC with
OHTL
3000 MW
LCC with OHTL
300 MW
200
00
100
Maximum current
VSC (1,8 kA)
State of the
art cable VSC
1000
Maximum current
LCC (4,5 kA, 6" Thyristor)
IDC [A]
2000
3000
4000
5000
UDC [kV]
State of the art land
800
cable (XLPE, 1250 A)
Maximum current,
MI Sea Cable (1600 A)
Theor. max. land cable XLPE (1875 A),

Cu wire, best case cooling
6000
Technological Basis
JWG B4-46
000
000
3000
I C [A]
4000
5000
6000
UDC [kV]
800
700
600
500
400
1920 MW
Mass impregnated PPL Cable (600 kV)

tested
1250 MW - MI
LCC with
cable
Mass impregnated Cable (500 kV)

proven, mainly sea cable
7 10
4500 MW
800 MW
XLPE cable (320 kV)

VSC with XLPE cable (320 kV)
state of the art
300
200
4
100
LCC with
parallel cable
5
3
State of the
art cable + VSC
1000
State of the art land

cable (XLPE, 1250 A)
IDC [A]
2000
3000
Maximum current,
MI Sea Cable (1600 A)
4000
5000
Theor. max. land cable XLPE (1875 A),

Cu wire, best case cooling
6000
Final TOC
JWG B4-46
Final TOC
JWG B4-46
Final TOC
JWG B4-46
Next Steps
JWG B4-46
B4-47 Report Aug 2010.pdf
Report to Study Committee B4

Paris
August 2010
Working Group B4-47
by
Nigel Shore
SC B4 HVDC and Power Electronics Paris, August 2010
Subject of Working Group

SPECIAL ISSUES
IN
AC FILTER SPECIFICATIONS
FOR HVDC
AN ADDENDUM TO
TECHNICAL BROCHURE 139
GUIDE TO THE SPECIFICATION
AND DESIGN EVALUATION
OF AC FILTERS
FOR HVDC SYSTEMS
(1999)
Membership of Working Group B4/47
Nigel Shore (UK) - Convenor

Bob Burton (Canada)
Charles Clarke (Canada)
Andre Coutu (Canada)
R A Goncalves (Brasil)
Nombuso Gumede (South
Africa)
Kelvin Kent (Canada)
Pierre Lariviere (Canada)
Einar Larsen (USA)
Norman McLeod (UK)
Peeter Muttik (Australia)

Anders Petersson (Sweden)
Jeremy Price (UK)
Guilherme Sarcinelli (Brasil)
R. P . Sasmal (India)
Ma Weimin (China)
Reigh Walling (USA)
Thomas Westerweller
(Germany)
Xavier Yang (France)
Xiao Yao (China)
Sections
Introduction and objectives

Management level overview of AC filter design (?)
AC network impedance modelling
Pre-existing harmonics
Harmonic interaction across the converter
Current-based interference criteria
Meetings
(Approval Paris Sept 2006)

Stafford (Oct 2006)
Erlangen (March 2007)
Stockholm (Dec 2007)
Montreal (April 2008)
Paris (August 2008)
Erlangen (Feb 2009)
Bergen (June 2009)
Stockholm (December 2009)
(Winnipeg April 2010 cancelled)
Paris (August 2010)
Pluses and minuses
+ Excellent high-level discussions at WG meetings

+ Dedicated and detailed work by a few members
+ Approx 80 pages of valuable advice
- Little participation by about half of WG; few
responses when drafts sent for comment
- Lack of time for key WG members to do the
necessary drafting and calculations
- Difficulty in getting critical mass of WG together
for meetings
Paris Meeting
Meeting Thursday 26th August

7 members, 1 guest
Detailed review of the near-final drafts of the 6
sections
Planning and allocation of remaining work
Assessment of progress
4 sections are almost finalized

1 section (Harmonic interaction across the
converter) requires some further work
1 section is still skeletal (Management Level
Overview
Final editing and last promised contributions still
needed
Aim to submit to B4 around end of year.
B4-48 WG Report-Guangfu.pdf
CIGRE WG B4. 48
Components Testing of VSC

System for HVDC Applications
Convenor Dr. Guangfu Tang
China EPRI
1.Meetings
SC B4.48
Mar.2007
Members complete,
1st meeting
Beijing, China
Oct.2007
2nd meeting
Osaka, Japan
Mar.2008
3rd meeting
Erlangen, Germany
Aug. 2008
4th meeting
Paris, France
Jun. 2009
5th meeting
Bergen, Norway
Oct. 2009
6th meeting
Shanghai, China
Dec.2009
Work complete;
Technical Brochure finished
1
08/2010 Paris
2.Membership status
SC B4.48
Total Membership is 11
- 10 Classified as Major Contributors
- 1 Provides occasional contributions
Members not contributing have been gradually removed

from distribution list ( 2 only attend WG meeting once)
08/2010 Paris
3.Report structure
SC B4.48
Definitions
Basic Configuration
Function of The Components and Subsystems
Stresses Under Steady-state Operation
Stresses at Fault and Disturbances
Specific Component Stresses Relevant to Testing
Component Losses
Components Tests
Conclusions
Appendices
3
08/2010 Paris
4.The VSC topologies and operation

states
related
to
tests
SC B4.48
Topology
1) VSC topology where valve acts like a

controllable voltage source
2) VSC topology where valve acts as a switch
1) Steady state operation
2) Fault scenarios
Operation
state
a) AC System Faults
b) Internal Faults in the VSC Substation
c) DC Transmission Line fault
08/2010 Paris
5. The tests of components and

SC B4.48
subsystems
VSC Valve
Operational test
Valve support
dielectric test
Dielectric test
between valve
terminal
Maximum continuous operating duty test

Maximum temporary overload operating duty test
Minimum dc voltage test
IGBT overcurrent turn-off test
Short-circuit current test
Valve support ac/dc voltage test
Valve support switching/lighting impulse voltage test
Valve ac-dc voltage test
Valve switching impulse voltage test
5
08/2010 Paris
5. The tests of components and

SC B4.48
subsystems
Transformer
These components will be

tested according to the
appropriate IEC or ANSI
standard. The necessary
special tests were listed in
working group brochure.
DC Capacitor
Submodule Capacitor
Phase Reactors
Valve Reactor
Smoothing Reactors
Common mode blocking reactor
Radio Frequency Interference Filter
08/2010 Paris
6. Progress
SC B4.48
The brochure was first submitted in June 2010.

The brochure has been modified according to the
comments during the sixty days worldwide review.
Final version of chapters have been circulated

internally.
The final edition of the brochure was submitted to

SC B4 in 11 August 2010.
7
08/2010 Paris
SC B4.48
08/2010 Paris
B4-49 WG 26082010.pdf
CIGRE WG B4-49
TCSC Performance
By
Stig Nilsson, Convener
SCOPE
To review Thyristor Control Series Compensation Devices - TCSC
applications and report on the performance of existing TCSC
systems. The Working Group will acquire information about the
performance specifications of the existing TCSC systems, already
in commercial operation, such as the ones from India, Brazil,
Sweden and China, review the design approaches for the systems,
the testing and report on the performance of the systems since
they were put into operation.
Start of the work: 08/2008
Target for ending the work: 12/2010
Meeting on August 26, 2010

8 participants in the meeting, 3 regular members
Status of the study report
The study report was discussed. The latest information especially from
Brazil was presented by Ricardo Tenorio.
The fault situation handling description of TCSC description is open,
especially single phase fault situation and balancing of phases.
A lot of other issues were brought up during active discussion
5. Progress on collecting information about

existing systems
USA
Siemens (Kayenta)1991 TCSC converted to SC

Slatt was energised 1993, tested 1995, commercial operation 2003, transient
control, power swing damping, SSR demonstration, 6 series connected
modules, still in operation, functioning as designed, power regulation, alarm
situation encountered, tuning of control 1999, minimum failure rate in valves,
the user is generally satisfied with the system.
Brasil
A good overview of TCSC installations in Brazil was delivered in advance and

presented by Ricardo in the meeting.
Efficient power oscillations, some failures have appeared, satisfied with the
operation, the importance is reduced due to other facts devices damping the
power oscillations.
5. Progress on collecting information about

existing systems (continued)
China
Report from SHENG. Mr TANG commented: 2 years ago SSR was discovered
(Fengtung). After modification ok.
New problem: How to coordinate HVDC and TCSC Fung Cheng. Mr Tang is
checking the possibility to deliver a more detailed description.
Pinguo data sheets: Short circuit power rating is missing, Guangfu will provide
the values.
Huang/Siemens: From testing point the worst case could not be tested on site.
The functionality has been tested during commissioning. There are no
measurements of oscillation damping available.
Figure 9 of the report will be added with HVDC line (Fengtung).
Sweden
No specific data available. Lennart ngkvist should be consulted
India
Information, especially the operational, is missing.
Review of work to be completed and action Items
Operation related information of all systems is missing.

Especially descriptions of eventual failures and SSR/POD
operations are needed. WG members will assess
possibilities for collecting meaningful performance data in
their home countries and report on what could be feasible
to do by September 26.
A review of the draft report will be completed by the WG
members by October 26.
The new target is to prepare the final report by the end of
year 2010.
B4-50 JWG B4 C3 B2-50 2010.pdf
B4/C3/B2.50 Electric Field and Ion Current Environment

of HVDC Overhead Transmission Lines
Paris 2010
JOS A JARDINI
So Paulo University, Engineering School, Energy and Automation Dept.
j.jardini@ieee.org jajardini@bol.com.br
jardini@pea.usp.br
FAMILY
GIVEN
NAME
COUNTRY
15
O'Brien
Michael
N. Zealand
Brazil
16
Walker
Matthew
N. Zealand
Carlos A.
Brazil
17
Loudon
Diarmid
Norway
Dong-Il
Lee
Korea
18
Shinozaki
Tomohiko
Japan
Johnson
Gary
USA
19
Kutuzova
Natalia
Russia
Maruvada
P Sarma
Canada
20
Fan
Jianbin
china
Asensio
Manuel L. M
Spain
21
Shigemitsu
Tsukasa
Japan
Barbosa
Carlos R
Brazil
22
Straumann
Ueli
Suiss
Cabral
Luis A
Brazil
23
Aranda
Emilio
Chile
10
Hammarsten
Harvey
Sweeden
24
Olguin
Gabriel
Chile
11
Konzelmann
Simon
Germany
25
Jankov
Voislav
CA
12
Renew
David
UK
26
Al-Hamouz
Zakariya M
13
Bailey
Willian H
USA
27
Zhang
Bo
14
Bisewski
Bruno
FAMILY
GIVEN NAME
Jardini
Jos A
Brazil
Nolasco
Joo F
Peixoto
COUNTRY
Canada
Saudi Arabia
China
Meetings
Sarajevo during International Colloquium: CIGRE Power
frequency Electromagnetic Fields ELF-EMF June 2009
Toronto April 2010
Minneapolis IEEE General Meeting July 2010
Paris August 2010
Draft of the Brochure (completed). Sessions:

1) General information
2) Description of physical phenomenon
3) Calculation methods
4) Field and laboratory measurements available
5) Design Criteria
6) Effect on health
7) Conclusion
9) References
Appendix
A) SAMPLE CALCULATIONS
B) Sensitivity of the Design Criteria
JWG B4/C3/B2.50 Terms of Reference (session)
Introduce the physical aspects of the electric field and ion current
environment (space charge) (2)
Review and synthesize existing knowledge and open issues (3; 4;6)
Summarize the conclusions from scientific literature on possible
health implications of exposure (6)
Review the analytical treatment of the corona-generated space
charge fields (3; 4)
Outline the methods of calculation and measurement of space
charge fields for practical HVDC OTL configurations (3)
Perform calculations with different Overhead transmission
configurations to illustrate the consequences of different limits (A,B)
Calculation methods (3)

Semi Empirical
Using the concept of corona saturation and use as basis the
measurements on test line at Project UHV.
Analytical
Software developed at BPA (Boneville Power Administration), named
Anypole. Follows the equations Maruvada/Janschewskyj some
simplifications like considering the bundle as an equivalent conductor.
FEM Finite Elements Method
Inaccuracies
lack of validation with field measurements
Complex for general use
Measurements considered
Lines in operation
Pacific Intertie (BPA) long term two years
Itaipu
four one month
Nelson River
four days
Test lines
IREQ (450 kV)
IREQ (900 kV)
Project UHV (1200 kV)
CEPRI (800kV)
Insufficient
needs more long term measurements on lines in operation
Design Criteria based on perception of the field (no harm)
inside ROW
worst place
50% 95%
ROW
PERCEPTION OF THE FIELD %
fair or foul
Bailey W. H., Weil D. E., Stewart R. J.

HVDC Power Transmission Environmental Issues Review
ORNL/Sub/95-SR893/2 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1997
IONS
Neither animals or human studies reliable evidence => harmful effects
ELECTRIC FIELD
No mechanism to explain nor that produce adverse biological response
MAGNETIC FIELD
humans and animals studies do not indicate =>exposure 20 G( 2000microT)
Appendix A
Pacific Intertie Configuration
IREQ 450 kV configuration
Anypole; Saturation; FEM
Electric Field; FEM; Pacific intertie
50
40
30
m=0,5 => +/- 18,5 kV/cm
measured 50%
20
measured 95%
m=0,75
10
kV/m
m=0,3
0
-30
-20
-10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
10
20
distance from center (m)
30
Appendix B calculations with Anypole => sensitivity
lower pole
upper pole
kV
Pole spac.g (m)
Heig (m)
800
22
18
45.7
800
25
18
800
28
800
PS ( (m)
Heig ((m)
spacing a (cm)
Sub cond
diam (cm)
Note
3.36
China
45.7
3.36
18
45.7
3.36
22
20
45.7
3.36
800
22
22
45.7
3.36
800
22
18
45.7
3.36
800
22
18
45.7
2.811
800
22
18
45.7
4.579
800
22
18
45.7
3.36
10
600
16.6
13.5
45.7
3.417
11
600
15.4
14
45.7
4.579
12
600
15.4
13
45.7
3.417
13
500
12.8
12.2
45.7
4.62
14
500
12
12
45.7
4.389
15
500
12
12
45.7
4.389
16
500
12
12.5
45.7
3.505
17
500
14
11.5
45.7
3.624
18
900
15.2
12.2
45.7
4.006
19
1200
24.5
20
45.7
5.56
20
450
13.4
12.2
45.7
4.57
Nelson River
21
450
11
13
45.7
3.56
IREQ 450
22a
800
22.8
15
18.8
33.8
45.7
3.36
++ lower --upper
22b
800
22.8
15
18.8
33.8
45.7
3.36
--lower ++upper
22c
800
22.8
15
18.8
33.8
45.7
3.36
+-lower +-upper
22d
800
22.8
15
18.8
33.8
45.7
3.36
+-lower -+upper
23
800
22.8
18
18.8
36.8
45.7
3.36
++ lower --upper
24a
800
x=0
y=15
x=0
y=33.8
45.7
3.36
vertical (+lower)
24b
800
x=0
y=15
x=0
y=33.8
45.7
3.36
vertical (-lower)
25
800
x=0
y=18
x=0
y=36.8
45.7
3.36
vertical (+lower)
Itaipu
Pacific Interie
Next future
Get final comments from members
October 2010
Final Text
November 2010
Brochure approval procedure
B4-51 WG 27th August 2010.pdf
WG B4.51 progress report

Study of Converter Voltage Transients
Imposed on the HVDC converter transformers
Meetings/events
Progress up to now
Planning next step
27th August 2010
Meetings/events
ToR approved 25th Feb. 2009

WG established in May 2009 with 11 members & 5
coresponding members
1st WG meeting took place on 8th June 2009 in
Bergen, Norway
2nd WG meeting took place on 26th August 2010 in
Paris, France
25-9-2010
Progress up to now (1)

Main achievement during 1st meeting:
8 members & 8 guests participated meeting

Reviewed ToR and agreed on first tasks
Defined 2 typical systems for study:
o Single 12 pulse converter per pole (Gui-Guang, +/-500kV,
3000MW)
o Two 12 pulse converters per pole in series (Itiapu, +/-600kV,
3150MW)
Defined operating conditions to be studied to determine the

voltage transients at the valve side terminal of each
converter transformer
Agreed to collect field transient voltage measurement data
for verification of simulation study results as a parallel task
25-9-2010
Progress up to now (2)

Main achievement during 2nd meeting:
7 members & 4 guests participated meeting

1st version of two system models established in EMTDC,
improvement actions agreed
Simulation time step 1s initially

Modelling details of components:
Model verifications by comparing field measurement results
Thyristor valves & snubber circuits

Converter transformer windings and bushings
Smoothng reactor
DC filter
DC line
Draft proposal of WG document accepted and tasks asigned

WG A2/C4-39 convenor introduced their work
25-9-2010
Planning next step
Improve and verify 2 agreed system study models using

EMTDC before 31st December 2010
3rd WG meeting planned in February 2011 in Brazil
Draft version of first 7 chapters before October 2011
4th WG meeting planned in medium October during week
of SC meeting in Australia
25-9-2010
Member list
Name
Role
Company
Country
E-mail
Yanny Fu
convenor
KEMA
Netherlands
Yanny.fu@kema.com
Narinder Dhaliwal
secretary
Manitoba Hydro
Canada
ndhaliwal@hydro.mb.ca
Victor Lescale
member
ABB
Sweden
victor.lescale@se.abb.com
Carsten Bartzsch
member
Siemens
Germany
carsten.bartzsch@siemens.com
Jan Lykkegaard
member
Energinet
Denmark
JLY@energinet.dk
Shri Rajesh Suri
member
Power Grid India
India
surirajes@gmail.com
Hong Chao
member
CSG
China
hongchao@csg.cn
Liu Zehong
member
SGCC
China
Zehong-liu@sgcc.com.cn
Daniel Kell
member
Transgrid
Solutions
Canada
dkell@transgridsolutions.com
Joanne Hu
member
RBJ Engineering
Canada
J.hu@rbjengineering.com
Sergio Santo
member
Furnas
Brazil
sesanto@furnas.com.br
Ricardo Andre Goncalves
Corresponding member
Furnas
Brazil
randre@furnas.com.br
Alberto Junqueira
Cepel
Brazil
ajsj@cepel.br
Methodio Varejo de Godoy
CHESF
Brazil
methodio@chesf.gov.br
Allen White
UK
allenwhite@sky.com
Gilson Bastos
Furnas
Brazil
gbastos@furnas.gov.br
Tomasz Kalicki
member
Hydro One
Canada
tomasz.kalicki@HydroOne.com
Radnya Mukhedkar
member
Alstom Grid
UK
radnya.mukhedkar@arevatd.com
25-9-2010
Terms of Reference
Background:
Converter transformer failures continue to contribute a large proportion of the average forced energy unavailability of HVDC systems
reporting to CIGRE, including new systems specified, designed and tested according to new IEC standard for converter
transformers (IEC 61378-2, 2001 edition). Dielectric failure is one of major failure causes, besides thermal, mechanical and others.
JWG A2/B4.28 was formed to investigate the issues relating to the transformer failures. JWG A2/B4-28 has prepared a comprehensive
design review guide specifically applicable to the converter transformers. The sections 6 (i) and 6(k) of the new Design Review
Guide state that voltage transients generated by the converter operation and dc line faults should be specified.
The objective of this proposed WG is to define these voltage transients and evaluate how the present test requirements cover the
stresses imposed by these transients.
The work of this WG will complement the work of the proposed JWG A2/C4.39 Electrical Transient Interaction between Transformers
and the Power System which is investigating interaction between the AC system and the transformers.
The WG will consider converter transformer stresses only for thyristor based Line Commutated Converter HVDC schemes. A future WG
will look at the equivalent stresses for the transformers used in Voltage Sourced Converter HVDC Transmission schemes, building
on the work performed by this proposed WG.
Scope:
The WG shall have four major tasks:
1)
Analyse the stresses posed on converter transformers in HVDC systems. The stresses should take into account:
a. The various major transformer and HVDC configurations (for example single phase 3 windings or three phase 2 windings in
12 pulse system, single phase 2 windings or single phase 3 windings in two 12 pulse in series or in two 12 pulse in parallel
systems, etc.)
b. The various normal operating conditions, including rapid changes in load, polarity reversal and commutation failures.
c. The stresses during dynamic and transient conditions, including load rejection, high firing angle operation, DC line/cable
failure, switching surges from the ac network and lightning surges from the ac and dc lines.
2)
Review the available data for converter transformer failures and the work done by CIGRE and other bodies concerning transformer
failures with description of the real cause of the failures (specification, design, operation, system or maintenance related).
3)
Compare the test requirements of other DC equipment with the existing IEC/IEEE test requirements for converter transformers.
4)
Identify those stresses that may occur in service but which may not be reflected in the existing IEC/IEEE test requirements for
converter transformers.
Following this WG, a joint WG can be formed together with A2 to study which new tests might be proposed to address the stresses not
covered today.
Deliverables and time schedule:

Commencement of the WG 2009. Electra paper 2010, Technical brochure 2011.
25-9-2010
Draft proposal WG B4-51 document

Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION
This chapter shall describe the work of previous working groups involved in the transformer failures and the reasons for modifying the
present test standards. Also describe the reason for B4-51 creation.
Chapter 2 - NORMAL CONVERTER OPERATION

This chapter shall describe the converter operation and provide voltage transients seen at the converter transformer terminal. Special
emphasis shall be placed on stray capacitances and all the valve parameters. The goal is to show the transient voltage stresses during
commutation. The operation at firing angles of 15, 30 and 90 degree will be considered. Stresses during power reversal are also discussed.
Chapter 3 - COMMUTATION FAILURES

Derivation of the effect of commutation failures and their impact on the transient voltages appearing at the transformer terminals. The effect
of commutation failures in bridges at each voltage level will be considered. Only normal operation shall be considered for this chapter.
Chapter 4 - DC Line Faults

Description of the control action during dc line faults. Derivation of the voltage distribution across the bridges and smoothing reactor during
polarity reversal due to dc line faults.
Chapter 5 - Harmonic currents

This chapter provides the basic calculation of ac side harmonic currents at following firing angles. Normal firing angle - 18 degrees, 30, 60
and 90 degrees. The objective is to provide the maximum value of each harmonic when the load changes from min to maximum,
recognising that each harmonic peaks at a different loading.
Chapter 6 - Simulation of various faults

This chapter shall include the simulation results on the two systems that were agreed upon in the Bergen meeting
Chapter 7 - Field Measurements

This chapter shall include the results of field measurements for various disturbances.
Chapter 8 - Specification recommendations

This chapter shall summarise all the work done in the previous chapters and shall provide a guide for developing the information required for
specification requirements for the transformer.
Chapter 9 - Overview of existing transformer test requirements

Chapter 10 - Discussion on the recommendations for modifying the test requirements.
25-9-2010
B4-52 Paris 2010-08-23.pdf
B4-52 Paris 2010-08-23

DC Net advantages contribution from Peter Christensen
Reliability What do we mean with N-1 when it comes to a DCGrid? Contribution from Nalin Pahalawaththa, Dirk Westermann
VSC influence on AC contribution from Christian Linnemann,
Nalin Pahalawaththa
Tapping LCC with VSC contribution from Reza Iravani, Stijn
Cole
Grounding in an extended configuration Contribution from Ulf
Baur
Fault performance contribution from Reza Iravani
B4-52 Paris 2010-08-23

Breaker requirements - contribution from Per Skarby, Michael Kurrat
Protection contribution from Etienne Serres, Dirk Van Hertem
Control, contribution from Dragan Jovcic, Dirk Westermann,
B4-PS1-Q1.7, B4-PS3-Q3.3 Contributions from Carl Barker, Kerstin Lindn
Sequential Power flow models and dynamic modeling - contributions from Jef
Beertem, Stijn Cole
Grid codes contribution from Kim Sogaard, Dirk Westermann,
Standardisation Contribution from Peter Vaessen, Juergen Rittiger
Other
Proposed Chapters for the Technical Brochure
Assignment of tasks
Meeting schedule
JWG B5-B4-25 report 2010.pdf
JWG B5/B4.25 Impact of HVDC

Stations on Protection of AC Systems
Kees Koreman
Membership balance:
B5
B4
Regular
3
2
corresponding
8
6
Activity levels:
H = 10; M = 2; L = 3; zero = 4
First meeting: 02-03-2009 China

Second meeting: 19-10-2009 Korea
Third meeting: 23-08-2010 Paris
10 members attending
Progress
Work being done on draft V0.5
Content:
Different HVDC technologies

Phenomena that impact AC System Protection
Impact & requirements on protection elements
AC System protection practice
Impact of AC Protection on HVDC C&P
2 appendices
Effects of Statcom on relay protection
Effects of SVC on relay protection
Main challenge
Currently the report focusses on LCC and CCC
converter stations
Little experience on impact of VSC on AC
systems
Probably the report will only deal with the
first group so the scope could change
JWG-C4-C1-B4 SC JWG.pdf
JWG C4-C1-B4.604
Influence of Embedded HVDC Transmission on

System Security and AC Network Performance
Status report for SC B4

27.8.2010
Tuomas Rauhala (Member of JWG)
JWG C4-C1-B4.604: Scope

AC system performance
"To identify and discuss the various system technical performance issues that need to
be considered when an HVDC link is to be embedded within an ac network."
Performance analysis using benchmark model(s)

"Development of a benchmark model that can be used to illustrate the investigation
and resolution of AC/DC interaction issues associated with a HVDC link embedded
in an AC network."
Replacement of AC line by DC (B2.41)

"Determine the impact on the system security and system performance in case of the
replacement of an AC line with a higher capacity HVDC link, and where relevant
discuss potential mitigation measures."
JWG C4-C1-B4.604: Facts

convener Mr. Sbastien Henry (France, RTE)
secretary Mr. Olivier Despouys (France, RTE)
appx. 25 members (count on 26.8.2010)
sharepoint portal provided by U of Strathclyde (Dr. K. Bell)
kick-off in Paris on May the 5th 2010

teleconf meetings on June 3rd and June 11th
2nd physical meeting on Wednesday 25th August in Paris
next meetings
teleconf on November 18th
physical meeting at latest Q2/2011
JWG C4-C1-B4.604: Status

work divided in two parts
Pt1: General part of the report
Pt2: Simulations
definition of embedded HVDC

embedded HVDC projects
description and extensive
discussion about the effect of
HVDC on AC network
performance
1st revision by Q1/2011
selection of benchmark case(s)

based on part 1
illustration and analysis of
different aspects related to
embedded HVDC
1st revision by Q4/2011
Cigre JWG C4_B4_C1-604 REE_5May2010.pdf
Influence of Embedded HVDC Transmission on

System Security and AC Network
CIGRE JWG C4/B4/C1.604
Silvia Sanz Verdugo
5th May 2010
Index
HVDC Projects in Spain

Romulo HVDC link
Underground interconnection France-Spain
Main interests for the JWG
HVDC Projects in Spain
RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
Rmulo HVDC link

Map
Mallorca Island
Interconnection DC Mallorca Island Mainland Spain
SPAIN
Menorca Island
Ibiza Island
Formentera Island
Mainland Spain:
Island of Mallorca:
Morverdre
Santa Pona
RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
HVDC System configuration
Romulo HVDC link connects Mallorca island with mainland Spain through a submarine
cable
HVDC rated power: 2*200 MW
Configuration scheme: Bipole
From/to: Morvedre / Santa Pona
The length of the DC cable is approximately 250 km
AC voltage: Morvedre 400 kV / Santa Pona 220 kV
DC voltage: 250 kV
Technology: CSC (Current Source Converter)
This project is expected to be concluded in 2010-2011
The main driver to use HVDC technology is the large transmission distance (250 km) and
submarine
RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
Targets of the HVDC interconnection
To contribute to supply the increase of the demand in the Balearic Islands (it is very
difficult to install new sources of generation because of environmental restrictions).
To improve the quality and reliability of the supply in the Balearic Islands.
To connect the Balearic Islands to the Iberian Electrical Market.
RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
Underground interconnection France-Spain

The HVDC link between France and Spain connects both countries
through an underground interconnection
French converter station: Baixas 400 kV
Map
HVDC LINK
FRANCE
SPAIN
Spanish converter station: Santa Llogaia 400 kV

RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
HVDC System configuration
HVDC rated power: 2*1.000 MW
From/to: Baixas / Santa LLogaia
The length of the DC cable is approximately 65 km
In parallel to the proposed HVDC is the 400 kV AC line Vic (Spain) - Baixas (France)
AC voltage: 400 kV
DC voltage: 320 kV
Technology: VSC (Voltage Source Converter)
This project is still under study but it is expected to be concluded around 2014-2015
The European Coordinator for this project, Mario Monti, concluded that the DC
underground interconnection was the only one feasible because of the social and
environmental problems. This solution was accepted by both countries.
RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
Targets of the HVDC interconnection
Will allow the duplication of the actual capacity of interconnection between both
countries.
Will improve the quality and reliability of the electrical system.
Will mean greater security of supply and especially, a greater stability in the Spanish
system, augmenting the Spanish link with Europe.
Will allow a major integration of renewable energies.
Will allow a major integration of the Electrical European Markets.
Main interests
RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
Main interests for the JWG C4/B4/C1.604
Evaluate the behaviour of the embedded HVDC transmission in a AC

network from the point of view of:
Transient stability
Dynamic performance
Interaction with nearby synchronous generators
Security of the network
Control system
...
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RED ELCTRICA DE
ESPAA
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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2011 SCB4 Presentation.pdf
Cigre SCB4 HVDC and Power Electronics
Meetings and Colloquium

October 2011 Melbourne and Brisbane
Australia
Organised by
Study Committee B4 and Australian National Committee
2011 Study Committee B4 and

Working Group Meetings
Melbourne Australia
SC and WG Meeting Programme
2011 October
Sat 15 and Sun 16 Working Group meetings
Mon 17
Study Committee meeting
Tue 18
Technical Visit to Loy Yang Converter Station
Tue
18 (evening)
Travel to Brisbane
Venue
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Cigre Study Committee B4

HVDC and Power Electronics Colloquium
Enhancing The Transmission Networks

Brisbane Australia
Venue
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia
Colloquium Programme
2011 October
Wednesday 19 - Tutorial 1 Introduction to HVDC
Tutorial 2 HVAC and HVDC Grids
Thursday
Friday
20 - Colloquium (Day 1)
21 - Colloquium (Day 2)
Colloquium Call for Papers

Important Dates
Submission of synopses 15 November 2010
Authors informed of synopses acceptance 15 January 2011
Submission of Papers - 15 June 2011
For more information please see

www.cigre.org.au (events)
Call for papers

Technical and Social Programmes
Registration
Information on venues
Cigre Australian National Committee invites to you to a week of

interesting technical activities and an opportunity to experience
Australia.
See you in Melbourne and Brisbane in October 2011 !
2012 San Francisco.pdf
San Francisco
California 2012
Symposium on the Network of the
Future
Spring 2012
San Francisco
Carmel by the Beach
Organizing Committee
Met on August 25, 2010
Stig Nilsson B4
Walter Zenger - B1
Dale Douglas B2
Jan Lundquist B2
Others to be recruited (Bill Long)
Tentative Program Scope

HVDC
Low loss HVDC converters for wind farm and city in-feed applications
Developments of VSC technologies
Off-shore power platforms

HVDC system refurbishment and life extension
Utilization of existing ac transmission infrastructure
FACTS for increased power transfers on existing lines
Real Time Dynamic Thermal loading
Conversion to DC operation
Cable technologies for land and submarine ac and dc applications

Solid dielectric cables for HVDC
Superconducting cables for dc power pipes
Visit to Trans-Bay Converter Terminals
Meeting Location
Focus on San Francisco but other locations
such as Monterey could be considered
Hotel costs and availability of rooms for the
participants will be guiding the final selection
Number of attendees expected to be in the
150 to 200 range
About 50 delegates per Study Committee
Meeting Attributes
Study visit to Trans Bay Cable Siemens Plus
DC Link
400 MW, 200 kV 57 mile cable system terminating
in San Francisco
Opportunities for vacation or excursions to:

Monterey golfers
Napa Valley wine
Sierra Nevada mountains
Reno/Las Vegas gamblers beware
2013 SC B4 meeting Brazil.pdf
2013 SC B4 Meeting
Brazil
Prepared by Sergio do Espirito Santo SC B4 Regular Member August 2010
Updated Proposal
Proposed date:
September 28 - October 4, 2013
Colloquium
To be defined
Updated Proposal
2013 SC B4 Meeting and Colloquium
Proposal
SC B4 Meeting (2.5 + 1) days
WG - Saturday, September 28
WG - Sunday, September 29
SC - Monday, September 30
WG - Tuesday morning, October 1
Updated Proposal
Proposal
SC B4 Colloquium (2 days)
Tuesday afternoon, October 1
Wednesday, October 2
Thursday morning, October 3
Updated Proposal
Proposal
Technical Visit (1 day):
Thursday afternoon, October 3
Transportation from Rio to Porto Velho
Friday, October 4
Visit to Santo Antonio or Jirau power plants
and Porto Velho Coletora
(HVDC station, including the BtB)
Friday evening, October 4 or Saturday, October 5
Transportation from Porto Velho to Rio
Updated Proposal
Health:
Vaccination recommended:
Yellow fever
Hepatitis
Visa
Visa not required for Europeans. Required for
Americans and Canadians.
B4 Meeting and Colloquium

Possible Cities
Foz do Iguassu
Rio de Janeiro
Brasilia
????
Flight Rio Porto Velho
3h flight
1h 40min flight
Updated Proposal
Technical Visit:
Flights: Rio Porto Velho
Day
Thursday
Flight Departure / Arrival
Price range
G3 1699 (8:10pm / +1:10am) R$369,00-R$879,00

JJ 3030/3594 (8:37pm /+1:15am) R$399,00-R$1181,00
Flights: Porto Velho Rio

Day
Flight
Departure / Arrival
Friday G3 1726
(3:45pm / +0h30am)
JJ 5470/3251 (10:35pm / +5:40am)
Saturday G3 1911 (2:10am / 9:10am)
JJ 3595/3023 (2:40am / 9:02am)
Price range
R$369,00-R$879,00
R$428,00-R$2036,00
R$369,00-R$879,00
R$399,00-R$1181,00
G3 Gol
JJ TAM
www.voegol.com.br
www.tam.com.br
(March 2010)
Updated Proposal
Social Program:
Monday, September 30
SC B4 Dinner
Wednesday, October 2
Colloquium Dinner
Companion Programme
Companion programme will be defined
Possible places to go:

Beach
Corcovado / Sugarloaf
Soccer game at Maracan Stadium
City tour
Shopping/mall
City of Samba / samba school rehearsal
Museums: Histrico Nacional, Chcara do Cu, Casa do Pontal
Botanical Garden (Jardim Botnico)
Tijuca Forest
Favela tour
Helicopter tour
Boat tour
Extreme Sports: Hang Gliding, Rappelling, Rafting
Buzios (1-day trip)
Angra/Parati (1-day trip)
Petrpolis (1-day trip)
Thank You!
TOR-WG B4-54-Life Extension.pdf
WORKING GROUP FORM

Study Committee: B4
WG number: WG B4.___
Name of Convener: Sasmal
Title: Guidelines For Life Extension of Existing HVDC Systems

Terms of Reference
Background:
There are number of HVDC systems which are now over 25 years old (some of them
over 30 years), and the number of old systems will increase over the next few years.
As the equipment age, measures to extend the life of the equipment should be
considered. The life extension measures should be implemented with minimum impact
on the HVDC system and the associated networks whilst maintaining an acceptable
level of reliability and availability. If life extension is not economical, the systems may
be moth-bolled or could be disposed of in an environmentally acceptable way.
The life-extension may involve any of the following actions:
Refurbishing the systems
Selectively replacing aging components
Phasing out the old facilities and potentially converting the systems to ac
Scope:
The WG shall focus on the special HVDC components, and shall have the following
major tasks:
1) Indentify the future performance issues associated with the ageing of special
components of the HVDC systems.
2) Provide a guideline for technical life of the unique HVDC equipment or critical
components (e.g. digital controls, converter valves, thyristors etc.).
3) Provide a guideline for determining economic life of various components and for
making replacement vs life extension decisions.
4) Indentify various life extension measures for the major components at different
stages of their useful life.
5) Identify the environmental issues with disposal of old equipment. If possible
identify regulations applicable to disposal of the unique HVDC equipment or
components.
6) Provide guidelines for changes to specifications of new systems to facilitate
future changes to the systems and minimize the costs associated with life
extension of new systems.
Deliverables and time schedule:
Commencement of the WG: 2010. Electra paper: 2012, Technical brochure: 2012.
Other SCs/ Target Groups concerned by the work:

Utility engineers, Asset owners, Consultants, Contracting companies, Manufacturers
Approval by Technical Committee Chairman:

Date :
TOR-WG B4 53 STATCOM.pdf
CIGRE Study Committee N B4
PROPOSAL FOR CREATION OF A NEW WORKING GROUP

WG* N B4.XX
Name of Convenor : Dan Kell (Canada)

dkell@transgridsolutions.com
Title of the Group : Guidelines for procurement and testing of STATCOMs

Scope, deliverables and proposed time schedule of the Group :
Background :
A static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is a reactive power regulating
device based on the voltage sourced converter (VSC) used to maintain ac system
voltages and enhance the stability of the ac system. As these power electronic
devices are becoming more and more prevalent in the power-system, it is becoming
more important than ever to have a set of guidelines in place to enable the industry
to adequately procure and test these devices to ensure safe, efficient and reliable
operation, while maintaining the capability to allow the future-proofing of the
system for future upgrades
Scope :
This WGs task will be to gather the knowledge of technical people concerning the
procurement and testing of STATCOMs and produce a report that will allow the
planners/engineers of the utility to specify and test the STATCOM such that it will
offer safe, efficient and reliable operation. This WG plans to incorporate the best
practices as determined by a panel of experts which will include representatives
from utilities with STATCOMs presently in operation in their system, manufacturers
of STATCOMs and consultants.
Tasks :
The following is a brief overview of the WG activities:
1. Create a questionnaire for STATCOM owners and a separate one for
STATCOM manufacturers
2. Create a brief overview of STATCOM systems and its applications
3. Categorize the types of procurement strategies and the impacts on the
specification (i.e. technical versus functional) and its contents
4. Create an example methodology in order to evaluate and compare tender
proposals
5. List the requirements for a successful project implementation
6. Describe the various tests required during the various stages (from precommissioning to system tests) to full test the STATCOM and auxiliaries.
Deliverables : Technical brochure with summary in Electra
Time Schedule : Starting
end of 2010
Final report : 2013
Comments from Chairmen of SCs concerned :

Approval by Technical Committee Chairman : Date :
ToR_WPP_HVDC.pdf
Terms of Reference
Working group: HVDC connection of offshore wind power plants.
Convener: Kent Hans Sbrink
1. Back ground
The first HVDC connection of an offshore wind power plant (WPP) has been commissioned and
many more are planed in the North Sea and in other sites around the world. Most of these WPPs
would be connected using HVDC transmission system due to the installed WPP capacity and the dc
cable distance from the connection point in the grid. VSC-based HVDC has become the only
feasible solution for many large offshore WPP because of its ability to independently control active
and reactive powers. However no standards with respect to technical requirements for HVDCconnected WPPs has yet been established.
In addition many HVDC sea cable connections for power exchange between countries are also
planned and this may later be used for connection of coming offshore WPPs, but since no technical
standards exist with regards to HVDC connections it may later be difficult to adapt new WPP to an
existing HVDC connection.
WPP has to be designed to comply with Grid Code (GC) with respect to performance during normal
operation, faults, and disturbances. Existing GCs are however written for ac connected WPPs and
the WTGs are designed to comply with the GC for ac connection mainly by regulating voltage or
power factor at the point of common coupling (PCC). With a HVDC connection, the WPP is
decoupled from the ac grid and the WTGs can not contribute with reactive power for voltage
regulation or power factor correction at the PCC. Such functions should be provided by the HVDC
converter and the HVDC connection must comply with the GC. The grid code should also
maximize the benefit from a HVDC investment by utilizing HVDC features not available in ac
connection.
HVDC transmission systems and WTGs may be provided from different manufacturers therefore
the installation is designed for specific manufacturer which later may make it difficult to expand an
existing installation with WTGs and HVDC connections from other manufactures.
HVDC connections and WPPs are often installed by different parties typical is the HVDC
connection installed by a TSO and the WPP is installed by investor and operated by a Power Plant
operator and the risk is a non optimal WPP and HVDC system.
Guidelines and recommendation for point to point and multi terminal HVDC connection of wind
power plants are therefore highly needed and of mutual interest for the HVDC and Wind industries
in order to be able to provide the best possible solutions for the stakeholders.
2. Scope of Work
Concept, design and simulation of long HVDC cable connection for large WPPs. The
concept and design description shall cover point to point and multi terminal HVDC
connection. HVDC cable longer than 100 km and WPP larger than 400 MW should be
considered.
Modeling of generic WPP consisting of 200 MW clusters based on DFG and FSC WTG
Modeling of generic HVDC transmission system for a WPP up to 1000 MW using up to five
200 MW clusters.
3. Deliverables
The project will deliver:
3.1 HVDC and WPP concept design
- Basic description of representative 200 MW WPP cluster (DFG and FSC WTGs)
- Basic description of main circuit AC/DC interfaces between HVDC / WPP and HVDC / AC
grid.
- Description of point-to-point HVDC connections.
- Description of multi terminal HVDC concepts.
3.2 HVDC and WPP control, protection and communication
- Description of basic control and protection functions for a representative 200 MW WPP
cluster.(DFG and FSC WTGs)
- Description of basic HVDC control functions
- Description of basic WPP and HVDC control functions and coordination.
- Description of basic control and communication interfaces HVDC / WPP and to the HVDC
/ WPP operator.
- Description of control and communication interfaces for point-to-point WPP HVDC.
- Description of control and communication interfaces for a multi terminal HVDC/WPP
concept.
- Description of the protection strategies for the collection grid
3.3 Simulation models
- Generic HVDC WPP simulation model(PSCAD) including basic WPP and HVDC control
and protection function
- Simulation manual
- Specification generic grid code requirements
- Specification of simulation cases
3.4 Simulation results
- Cases for normal operation
- Cases for faults and disturbances
- Control coordination
- Protection coordination
- Generic grid code compliancy
3.5 Guidelines and recommendations
- HVDC and WPP design guidelines
Ratings and balance of plant design

HVDC/WPP interfaces, main circuit control and communication.
HVDC/WPP protection and coordination.
4 Target Group
Manufacturer, Transmission companies, Issuing Bodies of Grid Codes, Transmission System
Owner and Authorities.
5 Time schedule
September 2010
February 2011
October 2011
March 2012
September 2012
February 2013
April 2013
Scope of the WG has been approved

First meeting and WG members has been assigned.
2nd meeting, outlining of the report and assigning of WG member tasks.
3rd meeting, Case studies define and discussion of preliminary simulation
results
4th meeting. Discussion of first complete draft
5th meeting. Second draft of the report discussed for final editing
Report ready for submitting under 60-days review procedure
6 References
1. Cigr WG B4-37 VSC Transmission
2. Cigr WG B4-39: Large Scale Wind Generation using HVDC and Power Electronics
3. Cigr WG B46: Voltage Converter (VSC) HVDC Power Transmission Economic Aspects
and Comparison with other AC and DC Technologies
IEC 22F_Report-2008-2010.pdf
22F/Report/2008-2010
2010-08-17
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE No. 22: Power electronic systems and equipment
SUBCOMMITTEE No. 22F: Power electronics for electrical transmission and distribution
systems
Report from the IEC/SC 22F secretary on the progress made in 2008-2010
--------------------1. IEC SC 22F meetings in 2008-2010

Two IEC SC 22F meetings were held from September, 2008, to September, 2010:
- in Xian, Peoples Republic of China, on Otober 29-31, 2008,
- in Tokyo, Japan, on November 10-12, 2009.
2. Published IEC Standards and Reports developed by SC 22F

During period from September, 2008, to September, 2010, the following IEC Standards and Reports were
developed by SC 22F and published:
2.1. New IEC Publications
2.1.1 IEC 61975 (2010-07) Ed.1.0: High-voltage direct current (HVDC) installations - System tests
Maintenance Result Date: 2015
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/WG 17: Convenor Mr Mingxin Wang (CN), Mr Peter Bermel (DE),
Mr Magnus Lalander (SE), Mr Rem A. Lytaev (RU), Mr Kouji Takahashi (JP), Mr Nanchao Zeng (CN), Ms
Zhujing (CN)
2.1.2 IEC/TR 62001 (2009-10) Ed.1.0: High-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems - Guidebook to the
specification and design evaluation of A.C. filters (Technical Report)
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/WG 18: Convenor Mr Gearoid O'Heidhin (GB), Mr V. A.
Chvanov (RU), , Mr Colin C Davidson (GB), Mr Shoichi Irokawa (JP), Mr Samuel Nguefeu (FR), Mr.
Anders Petersson (SE), Mr Thomas Westerweller (DE)
2.1.3 IEC 62501 (2009-06) Ed.1.0: Voltage sourced converter (VSC) valves for high-voltage direct
current (HVDC) power transmission - Electrical testing
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/WG 15: Convenor Dr. Baoliang Sheng (SE), Mr Colin C
Davidson (GB), Mr Jrg Dorn (DE), Mr Tang Guangfu (CN), Mr Samuel Nguefeu (FR), Mr Teruo Yoshino
(JP), Mr KunShan Yu (CN), Mr He Zhiyuan (CN)
2.2. Amended/Revised IEC Publications
2.2.1 IEC 60633 (2009-07) Ed.2.1: Terminology for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/MT 13: Convenor Mr Colin C Davidson (GB), Ms Xiaoxuan
Cheng (CN), Mr Jinjun Liu (CN), Mr Weimin Ma (CN), Mr Samuel Nguefeu (FR), Ms Tao Yu (CN)
2.2.2 IEC 60700-1 (2008-11) Ed.1.2: Thyristor valves for high voltage direct current (HVDC) power
transmission - Part 1: Electrical testing
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/MT 9: Convenor Dr Shigeru Tanabe (JP), Mr Colin C Davidson
(GB), Mr Rem A. Lytaev (RU), Mr Weimin Ma (CN), Mr Baoliang Sheng (SE), Mr Markus Uder (DE), Mr Yun
Wang (CN), Mr Huigao Zhou (CN)
2.2.3 IEC/TR 60919-1 (2010-05) Ed.3.0: Performance of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems
with line-commutated converters - Part 1: Steady-state conditions (Technical Report)
2
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/MT 11: Convenor Mr Wanrong Zhang (CN), Mr Bjarne R.
Andersen (DK), Mr V. A. Chvanov (RU), Mr Ruifeng Gou (CN), Mr Weimin Ma (CN), Mr Yoshinori Makino
(JP), Mr Sren Nyberg (SE)
with line-commutated converters - Part 2: Faults and switching (Technical Report)
Andersen (DK), Mr Ruifeng Gou (CN), Mr Weimin Ma (CN), Mr Yoshinori Makino (JP), Sren Nyberg (SE)
with line-commutated converters - Part 3: Dynamic conditions (Technical Report)
Andersen (DK), Mr Ruifeng Gou (CN), Mr Weimin Ma (CN), Mr Yoshinori Makino (JP), Sren Nyberg (SE)
RESULT: Eight IEC Publications were produced by IEC/SC 22F in 2008-2010.
3 Work in progress by SC 22F

At present the following IEC Publications are developed by SC 22F:
3.1. New IEC Publications

3.1.1 IEC 61973, Ed.1.0: High voltage direct current (HVDC) substation audible noise
(Committee Draft stage)
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/TC 115 Joint WG1: Convenor Mr Magnus Lalander (SE), Ms
Natalia Bogdanova (SE), Ms Xiaoxuan Cheng (CN), Mr Pradeep Gupta (GB), Mr Hui Han (CN), Ms Ying
Huang (CN), Mr Yuichi Ishida (JP), Mr Claes-Gran Johansson (SE), Mr Chan-Ki Kim (KR), Mr Axel
Preidel (DE), Mr Helmut Reisinger (AT), Mr Takehisa Sakai (JP), Mr Yukiyasu Shirasaka (JP).
3.1.2 IEC/TR 62543, Ed.1.0: High-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission using
voltage sourced converters (VSC) (Draft Technical Report stage)
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/WG 19: Convenor Mr Colin C Davidson (GB), Mr Volker
Hussennether (DE), Mr Mats Hyttinen (SE), Mr Shuji Katoh (JP), Mr Baoliang Sheng (SE), Mr KunShan Yu
(CN), Mr Rong Zeng (CN), Mr He Zhiyuan (CN).
3.1.3 IEC 62544, Ed.1.0: Active filters in HVDC applications (Committee Draft stage)
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/WG 20: Convenor Mr Gearoid O'Heidhin (GB), Mr Bernt
Bergdahl (SE), Mr Shuiming Chen (CN), Mr ZhanFeng Deng (CN), Mr Jinjun Liu (CN), Mr Marcos Pereira
(DE).
3.2. Amended/Revised IEC Publications

3.2.1 IEC 61803, am1 Ed.1.0: Amendment 1 to IEC 61083: Determination of power losses in
high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations with line commutated converters
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/MT 14: Convenor Mr Thomas Westerweller (DE), Mr Abhay
Kumar (SE), Ms Radnya Mukhedkar (GB), Ms Tao Yu (CN)
3.2.2 IEC 61954, Ed.2.0: Static VAR Compensators Testing of thyristor valves
Working Draft was developed by SC 22F/MT 10: Convenor Mr Bjorn Thorvaldsson (SE), Mr Junzheng
Cao (GB), Mr Baoliang Sheng (SE), Mr Shigeru Tanabe (JP), Mr Markus Uder (DE).
RESULT: At present 5 more IEC Publications are developed by IEC/SC 22F.
3
4. Liaison with TC 115 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission for DC voltages
above 100kV
In August 2008 new TC 115 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission for DC voltages above
100kV was established and its provisional title and scope were formulated. Some overlapping between TC
115 provisional scope and scopes of the related IEC TC/SCs (especially SC 22F) were noticed. An Ad Hoc
Working Group was established by TC 115 and another version of TC 115 scope was formulated. This
version of the scope of TC 115 was discussed at TC 115 Ad Hoc Working Group meeting in Tokyo in
November 2009, some changes were made and all obvious contradictions between scopes of TC 115 and
SC 22F (as well as other IEC TC/SCs) were eliminated. Basic principles of cooperation between SC 22F and
TC 115 were formulated and approved at the subsequent SC 22F meeting.
Standardization in the field of HVDC power transmission systems above 100 kV on general HVDC system
oriented standards like design aspects, technical requirements, construction, commissioning, operation,
maintenance, reliability and availability, not concerning power electronics and its features and effects, as
well as the standardization of any equipment not related to power electronics is in the full responsibility of TC
115.
Standardization of all kinds of power electronic equipment installed at a HVDC converter substation
(converters, static VAR compensators, active filters, etc) including their design, performance, operation and
testing as well as the standardization of their integral parts such as valves, control, protection, monitoring,
cooling and other auxiliary systems with due regard for parameters and characteristics of the connected a.c.
systems necessary for their design should be within SC 22F responsibility zone.
It was agreed that the boundary matters would be dealt with by SC22F/TC115 (or TC115/SC22F) Joint
Working Groups.
Some practical cooperation between SC 22F and TC 115 has already began. Draft of IEC 62344 "General
guidelines for the design of ground electrodes for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links" was taken from
SC 22F, passed to TC 115 and is developed by TC 115/WG 1 at present. IEC 61973 "General guidelines for
the design of ground electrodes for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links" is developed at present by
SC22F/TC115 Joint Working Group No. 1, and after it is published it will be passed to TC 115 for the
maintenance.
5. The IEC SMB recommendations and further work of SC 22F

In 2008-2009 the IEC Standardization Management Board (SMB) actively discussed new fields of possible
standardization work promoting technical progress in electric power supply. The Joint IEC-CIGRE
Coordination Group (JICCG) was organized and formulated basic tasks for the relevant IEC TC/SCs and
CIGRE Study Committees. Renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, ultra-high voltage power
systems, smart grids and low voltage d.c. distribution systems up to 1500 V d.c. were considered and the
IEC SMB established 4 Strategic Groups of the IEC on corresponding fields of activity.
All these fields of activity are directly linked with the scope and work of SC 22F. The following plan of the
further activity was discussed and adopted at SC 22F plenary meeting in Tokyo on November 10-12, 2009:
5.1 Renewable energy sources and energy efficiency
- Series of standardized HVDC links with rated voltage lower than 100 kV, capacities up to hundreds
megawatts from high capacity wind farms to existing a.c. systems;
- Series of standardized HVDC links with rated voltage lower than 100 kV, capacities up to hundreds
megawatts from high capacity solar power stations to existing a.c. systems;
- Series of lower power converter installations (autonomous and connected to electrical grids) from various
renewable power sources (wind, solar, small rivers, etc);
- Full set of standards for production series of all kinds of power electronic equipment and systems (control,
protection, monitoring, etc) intended for electrical links listed above.
- Development of IEC Publications on power electronic equipment and systems to apply energy
management systems in operation of electrical transmission and distribution systems, including power losses
limitation and all measures to improve energy efficiency including identification of the energy flows, saving
potential evaluation, realization of appropriate measures etc.
5.2 High voltage and ultra-high voltage DC power transmission
- Full set of standards (terminology; essential ratings and characteristics; testing; methods of measurement
of characteristics, etc) describing the basic power electronic equipment such as VAR compensators,
4
STATCOMs, HVDC thyristor and voltage sourced converters taking into account features inherent to UHV
power electronic equipment and systems;
- Terminology for the HVDC voltage sourced converters.
- Determination of power losses at HVDC converter stations with voltage sourced converters (VSC) Part 1:
Valves.
- Control and protection facilities of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system Part 1:
Operator control system.
- Factory tests of controls and protection of converters for HVDC systems.
- Simulation studies of HVDC converter before HVDC site system tests.
- D.c. filters performance (based on CIGRE SC 14 Report, 1994) (in cooperation with IEC/TC 115).
- Fire hazards and fire prevention means at HVDC substations (in cooperation with IEC/TC 115).
5.3 Smart grids
Development of IEC Publications on power electronic equipment and systems intended for future Smart
Grids, including items listed in 5.1 and 5.2.
5.4 Low voltage DC distribution systems up to 1500 V d.c.
Standardization of energy efficient current and voltage sourced converters for low voltage DC distribution
systems up to 1500 V d.c.
SC 22F secretariat has prepared and circulated a document requesting IEC national Committees to prepare
and send to the IEC Central Office New Work Item Proposals on the items listed in 5.1-5.4.
6 Date and place of the next SC 22F meeting
The next IEC SC 22F meeting will be held in Stockholm (Kista), Sweden, on November 1-5, 2010.
My best regards to my colleagues officers, members and guests of CIGRE Study Committee B4.
Lev Travin
Secretary of IEC/SC 22F
2010-08-17
22F_223e_AC.pdf
Administrative Circular
22F/223 /AC
2010-06-11
TO ALL NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Dear Sir/Madam,
Next meeting of SC 22F and its working groups to be held in Kista, Sweden from 1 to 5
November 2010
______________________________________
We are pleased to inform you that, at the invitation of the
SWEDISH NATIONAL COMMITTEE
and after consultation with the chairman and the secretariat, the next meeting of
Sub-committee No. 22F:
Power electronics for electrical transmission and distribution systems
will be held in Kista, Sweden from 1 to 5 November 2010 .
The general information on the provisional programme, the registration and accommodation concerning
this meeting will be available shortly in the IEC on-line meeting registration system.
Would you be so kind as to convey this documentation to the delegates of your National Committee
who will attend this meeting.
Delegates are recommended to use the electronic meeting folders made available on the IEC Web Site
not later than 4 weeks prior to the meeting.
Information on electronic meeting folders is given in "Bits and Bytes", Volume 7, January 1999. All past
issues of this publication can be accessed via the IEC Web Site under "Standards development IT
documentation" on the main web page (http://www.iec.ch/support/bbyte/bb_entry-e.htm).
Meeting documents that is documents prepared during or just prior to the TC/SC meeting, and intended
for use only at a meeting of a committee are made available in the Collaboration Tools Suite in the
area TC/SC Meetings (http://collaboration.iec.ch/). See AC/30/2009 and ISO/IEC Directives
Supplement Procedures specific to IEC, Annex G, clause G.3 Meeting documents for further
information.
Yours faithfully,
A. AMIT
General Secretary
Authorized by Michael J. Casson
Technical Department Manager
International Electrotechnical Commission, 3, rue de Varemb, PO Box 131, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 919 02 11 Telefax: +41 22 919 03 00 E-mail: inmail@iec.ch Web: www.iec.ch
22F_226e_AC.pdf
Administrative Circular
22F/226/AC
2010-07-02
TO ALL NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Dear Sir/Madam,
Next meeting of TC 22F to be held in Kista, Sweden from 1 to 5 November 2010

______________________________________
Further to our Administrative Circular No. 22F/223/AC of 2010-06-11, we are pleased to announce
that the on-line meeting registration system is now available at http://meetings.iec.ch.
All information related to this meeting is given in the on-line meeting registration system.
Details of the new on-line IEC meeting registration system are given in AC(2010)7/AC.
Would you be so kind as to forward this documentation to the delegates of your National
Committee who will attend this meeting drawing their attention to the deadline for on-line
registration and reservation of accommodation by
2010-10-18
Delegates are recommended to use the electronic meeting folders made available on the IEC Web
Site not later than 4 weeks prior to the meeting.
Information on electronic meeting folders is given in "Bits and Bytes", Volume 7, January 1999. All
past issues of this publication can be accessed via the IEC Web Site under "Standards
development
IT
documentation"
on
the
main
web
page
(http://www.iec.ch/support/bbyte/bb_entry-e.htm).
Meeting documents that is documents prepared during or just prior to the TC/SC meeting, and
intended for use only at a meeting of a committee are made available in the Collaboration Tools
Suite in the area TC/SC Meetings (http://collaboration.iec.ch/). See AC/30/2009 and ISO/IEC
Directives Supplement Procedures specific to IEC, Annex G, clause G.3 Meeting documents
for further information.
Yours faithfully,
A. AMIT
General Secretary
Authorized by Michael J. Casson
Technical Department Manager
International Electrotechnical Commission, 3, rue de Varemb, PO Box 131, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 919 02 11 Telefax: +41 22 919 03 00 E-mail: inmail@iec.ch Web: www.iec.ch
IEC TC115 Status of standard development in HVDC.pdf
TC
115
Status of Standard Development in

HVDC
CIGRE SC B4
Aug 27, 2010
Zehong LIU
Assistant Secretary of IEC TC 115
Zehong-liu@sgcc.com.cn
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TC 115 Overview
TITLE
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission for DC

voltages above 100 kV
SCOPE
Standardization in the field of HVDC Transmission

technology above 100kV. The task includes HVDC
system oriented standards as design aspects, technical
requirements, construction and commissioning,
r e l i a b i l i t y a n d a v a i l a b i l i t y, a n d o p e r a t i o n a n d
maintenance. Standards of HVDC equipment so far
related to the system aspects will be prepared in close
collaboration with the relevant Technical
Committees and Subcommittees.
TC Officers
Secretariat
China
Chairman
Mr Dusan Povh (DE)
Secretary
Mr Yinbiao SHU (CN)
Assistant Secretary
Mr Zehong LIU (CN)
Technical Officer
Ms Suzanne Yap Geok Sim
Number of Participating countries :14

Number of Observer countries : 8
Establishment of TC 115
Proposal
2007-10-04
SMB(Comments)
2007-11-02
IEC NCs(Vote)
2008-6-27
SMB(Vote)
2008-08-15
Secretariat allocation
2008-09-19
Nomination of chairman
2009-02-02
1st meeting
2009-05-22/23
Current Status of HVDC Standards

HVDC Standards
Establishment of IEC SC22F/TC115 JWG1
1
High voltage direct current (HVDC) substation audible noise

1st meeting, March 1st-3rd, Stockholm
General guidelines for the design of ground electrodes for

HVDC links
NP approved WG 1
Circulation: November 20, 2009
Closing: February 26, 2010
Reliability and availability evaluation of HVDC systems

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NP approved WG 2
Circulation: December 4, 2009
Closing: March 5, 2010

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Current Status of HVDC Standards

HVDC Standards
Electromagnetic Environment Criterion for HVDC Overhead

Transmission Lines
NP approved WG 3
Circulation: January 8, 2010
Preliminary Work Item (PWI) on Guidelines on Asset

Management of HVDC Installations - For Approval
PT 1
Circulation: February 26, 2010
Closing: April 9, 2010
Closing: April 9, 2010
Establish a liaisionship with IEC TC38, IEC TC 36.
Next Step of HVDC Standards
New Working Item Proposal

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External Insulation Correction for D.C. Systems in High Altitude

Area
NP Prepared
Criteria for the System Design of the UHVDC System
NP Prepared
TC 115 Activities
2009-0522/23
1st Plenary Meeting in Beijing
2009-10-25
Establishment of TC 115 Ad-hoc Joint Working Group to clarify the TC 115

Scope and the Boundaries of the Committee to other TC/SCs
2009-11-11
Ad-hoc Joint Working Group meeting in Tokyo to discuss

boundaries with SC22F
2010-0603/04
First meeting of TC 115 WG1 in Beijing
2010-1010~12
TC 115 2nd Plenary meeting in SEATTLE
2011- 06
TC 115 3rd Plenary meeting in Japan

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Thank you for your attention.
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Copyright IEC, Geneva, Switzerland
D1 Lecture Nanocomposites.pdf
POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES
--FUNDAMENTALS AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS TO POWER SECTORS--
Presentation to
CIGRE SC B4
Friday August 27, 2010
Prof. Masayuki Nagao
Member of WG D1. 24
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Outline of the Technical Brochure

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Chapter 3 Macroscopic Properties
Measurements and Assessment
Chapter 4 Safety/Security
Chapter 5 Prospect of Industrial Application
Appendix:
Various Characteristics of MgO/LDPE Nanocomposite for
High Field Insulation
List of CIGRE WG D1.24
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Polymer nanocomposites are a new class of

materials based on conventional engineering
plastics such as epoxy, PE, PP, EVA, PI resins and
even silicone elastomers.
Polymers are filled with nanometer scale fillers.
They keep their original performances, and will
be added much improved characteristics.
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Nano-partilce
What is a polymer nanocomposite?

Inorganic nano particles are dispersed homogeneously
in an organic polymer. A tight and thick interface is
formed between the two kinds of materials.
Polymer
Matrix
Interaction Zone
5 wt% Loading
Giant Interfaces (Interaction Zones)

3.5 km2/m3 (nano) vs.
2.89x10-3
200 nm
km2/m3(micro)
Interface Processing (Couplings)

Interface Modification
Example: Fractured Surface of Epoxy/Boehmite Alumina Nanocomposite

Nominal Particle Diameter: 30 nm
Direct Mixing Method
Example of Characterization of Nanocomposite by TEM

TEM Image
MMT is not fully exfoliated.
Figure 2.4.1 Comparison of the tactoid size distribution calculated from X-ray data
with TEM images of the same sample (S3) (Hernandez et al, 2007)
Nanocomposite: polybenzoxazine/MMT
Birds-eye views on characteristics of polymer nanocomposites

Properties
Improvement
Remarks
PD Resistance
Big Enhancement
Nano Segmentation of Base Polymers
Treeing Lifetime
Big Prolongation
Especially under Moderate Field
Space Charge
Big Reduction
Elevated Threshold for Charge Injection
Tracking Resistance Enhancement
Similar to PD Resistance
BD Strength
Increase or Same
Coupling and Impurity Inclusion Effects
Permittivity
Increase or Decrease Decrease in Limited Conditions
Dielectric Loss
Complicated
DC Conductivity
Increase or Decrease Role of Ion Traps and Impurity Inclusion
Complicated Structures of Interfaces
Potential Applications of Nanocomposite Materials
Potential Applications
Material
Advantage
Motor Windings
Polyamideimide
PD Resistance
HV Rotating Machine Windings
Epoxy
PD Resistance
HV Mold Transformers
Epoxy
AC Extruded Cables
Capacitors
PE, XLPE
PP
PD Resistance
Heat Resistance
Voltage (Tree) Endurance
DC Extruded Cables
PE, XLPE
Space Charge Reduction
Outdoor Insulators
Silicone Rubber
Tracking Resistance
Cubicle Switchgears
All Solid Substation
Power Electronics
Metal Based PWB
Epoxy
PE
Multi-factors
Compactness
Epoxy
PD Resistance
High Thermal Conductivity BDV
with High Breakdown Strength
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Switchgears
Figure 5.1.5 Full-scale trial models molded with nano- and micro-filler mixed composite,
(a) Molded connecting conductor, (b) Molded vacuum interrupter. (Imai et al. 2008)
Most Significant Results: No space charge is formed in LDPE/MgO nanocomposite.

This performance is critical for HVDC power cables
Space Charge
3600
Cathode
Space Charge
No Space Charge
Anode
Cathode
Anode
Cathode
Anode
0.1
0.1
0.1
Tim
e (s)
0
0
Position (mm)
(a) 0 phr
Position (mm)
(b) 0.2 phr
Position (mm)
(c) 1 phr
500
250
-250
-500
Charge Density (C/m3)
Figure A-6 Time dependent space charge behavior under applied field of 250 kV/mm at room temperature.
DC Power Cables
A 45 kilometers submarine cable project is planned for connecting Hokkaido Island and
Honshu Main Land in a turn-key basis by Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. It is
probable that nanocomposite XLPE insulation will be utilized for this project. It is partly
based on the experimental results as demonstrated in a literature (Murata et al. 2005).
Enameled Wires
Nanocomposite
enameled wire
Conventional enameled wire

Polyester-imide/polyamide-imide
double layer coating
Figure 5.3.3 Cross section structure of nanocomposite enameled wire. (Kikuchi et al. 2006)
Low Voltage Rotating Machines with Random Coil

Recently, in the low voltage rotating machines with random coil, the risk of the partial
discharge (PD) by inverter surge is arising. IEC is planning the new international testing
standard to manage the reliability of the insulation in the inverter-fed motors.
According to its specifications, no partial discharge throughout their service life is the
only criterion in using conventional enamel wire. This standard will be approved.
The three products of polyester-imide (PEI) based surge-resistant wire, KMKED (Kikuchi
et al. 2008), UMW-T(Ozaki et al. 2005) and VOLTRONTM , have been commercialized.
Figure 5.4.2 V-N curve of the nanocomposite

wire. (Yoshimitsu et al. 2007)
Enameled Wires
Improvement
Cumulative failure probability(%)
The nanocomposite surge-resistant wires ((A) or (B)) exhibit excellent voltage

endurance life which is sixty times longer than conventional wire ((C) or (D)) at
10 % probability of failure.
Improvement
Time (h)
Figure 5.4.1 Voltage endurance test results of KMKED and UMW-T surge-resistant
voltage wire. (Time (hr) vs Probability of Failure (%)) (Nakamura et al. 2008)
Power Capacitors
Two Kinds of Approach to Increase ac Breakdown Voltage
(1) Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles were dispersed in capacitorgrade PP. Ac and lightening impulse breakdown measurements performed.
(2) Nanometric alternating layers of polycarbonate (PC) polymer and a copolymer of
polyvinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene (coPVDF) were used to address a
high-energy-density capacitor requirement of 10 J/cc or higher.
Figure 5.5.1 Average dielectric strength of 32-layer

(solid circles) and 256-layer (open circles) PC/coPVDF
films. The solid line represents the expected Eb (Wolak
et al. 2008) .
Image
Substation
Thermal conductivity increase

of solid insulation is requisite.
Figure 5.6.1 The concept of Underground All Solid Insulated Substation.(Shibuya et. al 2000)
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Outdoor Insulation
This is the best.
Image
Figure 5.7.2 Relationship of the additive amount of TRITON and the amount of erosion
in silicone rubbers with 2.5wt% fumed silica (colloid silica). (Ramier et al. 2008)
Power Electronics
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Rod Electrode Assembly
Specimen
Rod electrode
R0.5
0.2
Plane electrode
IEC (b) Electrode
Rod to Plane Electrode
PD Resistance Evaluation Methods
Rod Electrode
1 mm
0.5 mm R
200 m Gap
50 m
Maximum Depth
(a) Base epoxy resin (N)
1 mm
(b) Nano silica 5 wt% filled epoxy (S1)
Fig. 2 Examples of Erosion Profiles Aged in 60 Hz Equivalent Time of

1440 h under ac 720 Hz 4 kV
Depth of Erosion by PD Attack (m)
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Base
Boehmite
Titania
LS
Silica
Silica-C
SiC
Base Epoxy Resin and its Nanocomposites

Fig. 3. PD erosion depth for base epoxy and some epoxy nanocomposites
Concerns
(1) In order to obtain reasonable high thermal
conductivity such as 10 W/mK, micro fillers with high
thermal conductivity such as alumina and boron nitride
should be introduced into epoxy resins.
(2) Such microfiller-filled composites show lower BD
strength.
(3) If such composites are nanomized with suitable nano
fillers such as nano silica, you can expect a big increase
in BD strength that has been once lowered.
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Figure 5.8.3 Comparison of dielectric breakdown strength between a plain

microcomposite and a nano-structured microcomposite (Li et al. 2009)
Power Electronics
This insulating sheet should be developed

Figure 5.8.1 Potential Applications of
Nanocomposite PWB (Printed Wiring
Board) to General Purpose Inverters
Courtesy of Fiji Electric Co
Figure 5.8.2 Structure of Metal Base

PWB (Printed Wiring Board)
Invitation to
Applications of Emerging Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites
Polymer nanocomposites are a genic mutant with its parents
characters strongly affected by nano nature. If you breed them
properly and carefully, you shall be able to get fruitful inherited
fortune back.
Polymer nanocomposites are expected to be utilized in electric
power industry as advanced dielectric and electrical insulation.
You are strongly requested to support R&D on polymer
nanocomposites to make them in reality and to enjoy your own
future benefits.
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List of CIGRE WG D1.24 Members

Tanaka, T. (Waseda Univ., Japan), Covenor
Frchette, M. (IREQ, Canada), Secretary
Krivda, A. (ABB, Switzerland), Secretary
Members
Ansorge, S. (Pfisterer Sefag AG,
Switzerand )
Bulinski , A. (NRC of Canada, Canada)
Bayon, L. (NEXANS, France)
Castellon, J. (Am2e, France)
Densley, J. (IEEE-DEIS, Canada)
Gorur, R. S. (Univ. Arizona State, USA)
Grppel, P. (Siemens R&T, Germany)
Gubanski, S. M. (Chalmers UT, Sweden)
Henriksen, M. (DTU, Denmark)
Hillborg, H. (ABB, Sweden)
Holboell, J. (TU Denmark, Denmark)
Janssen, H. (Dow Corning Silicones,
Germany)
Kindersberger, J. (TUM, Germany)
Lee, B. W. (Univ. Hanyang, Korea)
Mattmann, J-P. (Nexans, Switzerland)

Montanari, G. C. (U Bologna, Italy)
Morshuis, P. (Delft TU, the Netherlands)
Nagao, N. (Toyohashi UT, Japan)
Paajanen, M. (VTT TRC Finland)
Plissou, S. (IREQ, Canada)
Perego, G. (Prysmian S.p.A, Italy) B1 Liaison
Reed, C. W. (Consultant, USA)
Sedding, H. (Kinectrics, Canada) A1 Liaison
Shimizu, T. (Toshiba, Japan)
Sutton, S. (Dow, UK) CIGRE B3 Liaison
Tanaka, Y. (Tokyo City Univ., Japan)
Tuomo, M. (Tervakoski Films Group, Finland)
Vaga, N. (Federal Grid Co., Russia)
Vaughan, A. (Univ. Southampton, UK)
Winter, H-J. (Wacker-Chemie, Germany)
Liaisons
Mehta, S.P. A2 (Waukesha Electric Systems, USA)
Shirasaka, Y. A1 (Japan AE Power Systems, Japan)
Members and Contributors
T. Tanaka
Japan, Convenor
J. Kindersberger
Germany
M. Frchette
Canada, Secretary
S. Gubanski
Sweden
A. S. Vaughan
UK
S. Sutton
UK
P. Morshuis
the Netherlands
J - P. Mattmann
Switzerland
G. C. Montanari
Italy
C. Reed
USA
Y. Tanaka
Japan
A. Krivda
Switzerland
J. Castellon
France
T. Shimizu
Japan
S. Plissou
Canada
M. Nagao
Japan
Thank you
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CIGRE STUDY COMMITTEE B4 - HVDC AND

POWER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

Study Committee Officers

Observer Members Attending:

Observer Members Absent:

*Listed in RM section above.

1.0 Opening Comments Andersen

New incoming Regular Members of the Study Committee are as follows:

New incoming Observers are as follows:

2.0 Minutes of Norway Meeting - Nilsson

4.0 Strategic Plan and Advisory Groups

4.1 AG 01: Strategic Advisory Group - Nilsson

AG 04: HVDC System Performance - Dhaliwal

2010 Survey Jurinsalo

2010 2020 Strategic Plan Nilsson

Action Plan Nilsson

5.0 Working Group Reports

5.1 WG B4-38 Simulation of HVDC and FACTS - Gole

Attached presentation: B4-50 JWG B4 C3 B2-50 2010.pdf

Attached presentation: B4-51 WG 27th August 2010.pdf

Attached presentation: B4-52 Paris 2010-08-23.pdf

Attached presentation: JWG B5-B4-25 report 2010.pdf

HVDC & FACTS Projects

HVDC & FACTS Technology Developments

The subjects may be changed because of feedback from the TC.

6.4 Other Future Activities

7.0 New Working Group Proposals Andersen/Nilsson

7.1 Guideline for the procurement of STATCOMs Kell

7.2 Life extension of HVDC converter stations Sasmal

approval. Action: Bjarne

7.4 Other WG Proposals

8.0 Reports from Other Committees or Organizations

10.0 HVDC and FACTS Schemes Under Construction or Planned

Other project reports from the attendees were as follows:

Fenoskan number 2 is planned. A new connection between Finland and Estonia to be

11.0 Presentation on D1 work on nano-composites Prof. Masayuki Nagao, Toyokashi

12 .0 Any other business

Venue: Room 242 B level: 2

Minutes of Ullensvang, Norway Meeting

Technical Committee Activities Report

Network of the Future

Advisory Groups, Strategic and Action Plan

AG 04: HVDC System Performance

Working Group Reports

WG B4-44: Planning Guidelines Dealing with HVDC

WG B4-46 : Voltage Source Converter (VSC) HVDC

comparison with other AC and DC technologies

WG B4-47 : Special Issues in AC Filter Specifications

WG B4-48 : Testing of VSC System for HVDC

WG B4-49 : Performance Evaluation and Applications

JWG B4/B2/C3-50 : Electric Field and Ion Current

WG B4-51 : Study of Converter Voltage Transients

WG B4-52 : HVDC Grids

JWG B5/B4.25 Impact of HVDC Stations on

2012 Preferential Subjects

2011 Australia meeting

2012 Meeting in San Francisco - Status report

2013 Brazil Meeting

B4 Participation in Regional CIGRE Meetings

New Working Group Proposals

Guideline for the procurement of STATCOMs

Life extension of HVDC converter stations

Reports from Other Committees or Organizations

HVDC and FACTS Schemes Under Construction or