ATHARVA EDUCATIONAL TRUST'S

ATHARVA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(Approved by AICTE, Recognized by Government of Maharashtra & Affiliated to University of Mumbai - Estd. 1999 - 2000)

Department of Electrical Engineering

Academic Year 2017-18

One Day Industrial Visit to

High Voltage Direct Current Transmission

(HVDC) Grid, Padghe

On 23rd August, 2017 Electrical Engineering department of Atharva College of

Engineering had organised Industrial Visit for TE students on High Voltage Direct

Current Transmission (HVDC) Grid located at Padghe under the coordination of

Prof. Rajeev Valunjkar. The aim of the industrial visit was to have a very good

exposure for the students to have practical and industrial knowledge.

In HVDC S/B (Sub Station) Padghe conversion of HVDC-HVAC is done with the help

of Converters. The converted HVAC is transmitted up to Regional Load Dispatch

Centre (RLDC) Located at Kalwa. From this LDC the power is give to consumers as

per their requirement.

The students got overview of whole project that there are two converter stations

one which is located at chandrapur and another located at padghe. The converter

station at chandrapur side named as rectifier station because the power is

generated at north side of India due to presence of rivers and also coal mines.

The converter station which is located at padghe is known as inverter station

because at this station the transmitted HVDC power is converted into AC and

given to the nearest Load Dispatch Centre (LDC). The whole grid operation based

on Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition System(SCADA) was also shown to

the students.