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Western Link HVDC interconnector makes landfall in Scotland
Jan 24, 2017
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Yes , I was getting the sequence mixed up, 132, 275, 400. I never worked on them, just cut trees under them.
AJH
Skin effect anywhere?..
In article , snipped-for-privacy@loampitsfarm.co.uk scribeth thus
That must have been fun on damp days;?..
You mean because of increased risk?
Trees/branches are all categorised depending on distance from conductors , voltage of conductor and what bits might fall on conductor. Any that are too dangerous to be worked on live require a shut down.
AJH
At 50Hz?
I see that there are (or were) actually two UK-Norway interconnects on the table: one, still on the table and progressing AIUI, would come ashore at Blyth in Northumberland,
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while the other, back in the cupboard for the moment, would come ashore at Peterhead in Aberdeenshire
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This is what NG is using and has been for quite some time now.
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And the Belgians
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This pdf details the NG strategy on network losses and the increases in overhead line capacity (from page 7 onwards)
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The former is most definitely 'on' Contracts were placed for cables and laying and the converter stations some time ago.
In article , Tim Streater scribeth thus
Yes oddly enough its usually thought of an RF issue but i seem to remember it was a possible problem somewhere at much lower frequencies.
En el artículo , tony sayer escribió:
I thought they ran HVAC lines at higher frequencies. 400Hz seems to come to mind.
Not for the "standard" 275/400 kV "supergrid"
En el artículo , newshound escribió:
Thanks.
That's in aircraft.
Nah. Not really mate.
Problems of power lines are more interline and to-ground capacitance and resistance and phase shifts, if its long enough. That's why DC.
No.
Never heard of that
Indeed I'm buggered if i can remember where that article was it was about a power distribution system where you wouldn't have thought skin effect would be significant but it did turn out to be so. I'll post if a can remember where it was!.
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