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An HVDC converter station (or simply converter station) is a specialised type of substation which forms the terminal equipment for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line.[1] It converts direct current to alternating current or the reverse. In addition to the converter, the station usually contains:
- three-phase alternating current switch gear
- transformers
- capacitors or synchronous condensers for reactive power
- filters for harmonic suppression, and
- direct current switch gear.
- ^ Arrillaga, Jos; High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, second edition, Institution of Electrical Engineers, ISBN 0 85296 941 4, 1998.