HVDC Design, Operation and Maintenance. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Restrictions: Students are required to have electrical engineering background or related engineering or physical science backgrounds. This course covers the design, operation, and maintenance of HVDC (High-Voltage Direct Current) transmitted wind power. The course starts with a short review of the challenges that the transmission of offshore wind power faces. Next it is discussed how HVDC components are designed and what their main properties are. Subsequent lectures focus on the use of HVDC transmission as a technical solution addressing the issues described above. Basic mathematical models and control strategies are presented to analyze the impact of these devices on power system stability. Operating procedures and maintenance guidelines of the various HDVC transmission components are studied based on systems that are currently being deployed in offshore wind farms.