Apparatus for interconnection in voltage-stiff converter devices

• US 5,896,285 A
• Filed: 09/16/1997
• Issued: 04/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AB (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AB (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Spjut, Henrik, Ekwall, Olle
• Primary Examiner(s): Nappi, Robert E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu, Bao Q.
• Application Number:
  US08/931,355
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 174/117 F, 363/125, 363/127, 363/131, 363/132
• US Class Current: 363/125
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections

Abstract

An apparatus for interconnection in a voltage-stiff converter is provided. The converter has at least one phase leg with at least two current valves. The apparatus connects a current valve with a respective pole conductor. A cable extends between an end of the phase leg and a capacitor which defines a direct voltage. The cables attached to different poles are arranged close beside each other and are made of an insulation layer of polymer base which surrounds a conductor.

Claims

1. An apparatus for interconnection between pole connections and phase legs in a voltage stiff converter in a direct voltage network for High Voltage Direct Current, said apparatus comprising:

a voltage stiff converter having phase legs with current valves at ends of said phase legs and at least two pole connectors of a different polarity on a direct voltage side; and

high voltage cables having an extension between said ends of said phase leg and at least one capacitor defining a direct voltage, said cables attached to different poles are arranged close beside each other for at least part of their extension, said cables having an insulation layer of polymer base surrounding a conductor.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said cable is an extruded cable.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of cables arranged substantially parallel to each other.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said plurality of cables is connected to said phase leg by one common connection.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said cables are arranged beside each other with said cables alternatingly connected to one pole conductor and then the other pole conductor.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said cables are arranged in at least two layers such that the cables located directly above each other are connected to different pole conductors.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a common channel, cables connected to different pole conductors are inserted in said common channel for at least part of their extension, whereby said cables are held tightly together.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said channel walls comprise a material having a low electric resistivity.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said material is copper.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said material is aluminum.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said converter is a VSC-converter.