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GKK Etzenricht
History
April 26, 1991
Construction started
September 1991
Building complete
May 1992
First power
September 3, 1992
Completion of powerline to Hradec, Czech
January 27, 1993
Start trial operation
July 9, 1993
Official opening
October 18, 1995
Shutdown after synchronisation of the German and the Czech Power Grid
The facility is not operating. It was planned to be sold in order to allow an energy exchange to Russia.
However this was not realized as the static inverter got more and more out of state of the art and so in 2009 all equipment was dismantled and scrapped. The hall is transformed into a party location. On October 3rd, 2010 for the celebrating of the 20th anniversary an ACDC-concert is planned on the former switchyard .
After the synchronization of the power grids between Germany and Czech the maximum amount of power, which can be transmitted between Etzenricht and Hradec increased from 600 MW to 1316 MW. The inauguration of the second 380 kV-interconnection to Prestice substation on July 29, 1997 increased the transmission capacity from Etzenricht to Czech to further 1579 MW, so via Etzenricht substation today a maximum power exchange of 2895 MW between Czech and Germany is possible.
Technical features
GKK Etzenricht had a maximum transmission power of 600 megawatts (MW) and worked with a DC voltage of 160 kV. The two static inverters are in a 13 metres (43 ft) high hall with 430 square metres (4,630 sq ft) of surface area, which was built in a combination of local and finished concrete building method. Each static inverter consists of 432 thyristors, which are put in six thyristor towers arranged in a row. Each thyristor tower has 2 valve functions and consist of 8 thyristor modules, which are arranged one on top of the other. Each thyristor module consists of 9 thyristors switched in series and the necessary auxiliary equipment as the saturation coils, which are in series with the thyristors. Parallel to each thyristor a series combination of a resistor and a capacitor is switched, which limits the speed of current grow. From this combination the power for the supply of the electronic used for thyristor steering is gained. The electronic used for thyristor steering has at operation a high voltage potential against ground. It is connected to the main control electronic on ground potential by fiber-optic cables, which allow a bidirectional data transmission. Parallel to each thyristor module a capacitor and parallel to each valve function a varistor is switched. As thyristors the model U78 S346 S34 manufactured by Siemens, which has a maximum power rating of 4100 amperes and which was when GKK Etzenricht was built the most powerful thyristor in the world. At both ends of the hall there are three bays for the accommodation of the static inverter transformers, which are built as single-phase units.
Pictures
Images of August 2008
Switchyard of former GKK Etzenricht. On the right the pylon by which the powerline to Czech runs, left from this the valve hall, on the left the only remaining AC filter
Valve Hall at Etzenricht
The only remaining AC filter of GKK Etzenricht
Smoothing reactors of GKK Etzenricht
Pictures of June 2009
Valve hall of GKK Etzenricht with empty transformer bays facing North. The area in front of the hall is still fenced in. On October 3rd, 2010 there will be an ACDC-concert for celebrating the 20th anniversary of German reunification.
Close view at valve hall with empty transformer bays. Also the smoothing reactors are gone
Wall of valve hall where once the smoothing reactors were. The door was installed after removal of smoothing reactors.
Also the transformer bays on the south side are empty
Power transmission line to the Czech Republic
380 kV-Powerline from Etzenricht (Germany) to Hradec (Czech) between Etzenricht and Weiden (right). On the left, the 110 kV-powerline from Etzenricht to Weiden
First pylon of 380 kV-powerline Etzenricht (Germany) – Hradec (Czech) after Weiden 110 kV-substation also carrying the 110 kV-circuits of powerline between Weiden and Vohenstrauss
Section with 4 circuits between Weiden and Vohenstrauss
Branch pylon Vohenstrauss
Feeding of 30 kV-circuits of powerline Vohenstrauss-Eslarn into conductors on lowest crossbar at next pylon
The 30 kV-line to Eslarn leaves the right-of-way of 380kV-line to Czech near Riedlhof
Twisting pylon on the section Riedlhof – Bavarian/Czech-border
The line crosses the international border between Bavaria and Czech near Waidhaus. The pylon in the foreground stands in Bavaria the others are in Czech
Splitting the lines to Hradec (left) and Prestice (right) near Str u Tachova
The line Etzenricht-Hradec on delta-type pylons on the remaining 97.5 kilometres to Hradec substation
GKK Etzenricht was used in connection with the power transmission line between Germany and the Czech Republic. The 380kV power transmission line runs from the (Ex) GKK Etzenricht to the Czech substations at Hradec. In 1997 a branch to Petice substation was realized. For overvoltage protection the whole powerline is equipped with two ground conductors, which are installed on a separate crossbar on the top of the pylons. One conductor contains a fiber optic cable for data transmission.
The power transmission line has two circuits with a maximum power transmission capacity of 1630 MW at an operating voltage of 380 kV. On the German section of the line the conductors are bundles of four ropes consisting of steel and aluminum. Each conductor has a cross section of 340 mm aluminum and 30 mm steel. Between Weiden and Etzenricht this line is installed on 14 pylons of the “Danube type”. One of these pylons was built after the shutdown of the GKK, in order to run the line directly – past the static inverter hall – into the switchyard of the Etzenricht substation. Except of the first pylon, these pylons were used before 1992 for the 110 kV-powerline from Etzenricht to Weiden. In 1992 this line was rebuilt on pylons running parallel to the old 110 kV-powerline to Weiden, whose pylons were equipped with a third crossbar for the ground conductors and with the 380 kV-conductors for the line to Czech.
The section between Weiden/Oberpfalz and Eslarn consists of 60 pylons with a fourth crossbar under the crossbars for the 380 kV conductors in order to carry the two 110 kV circuits of the powerline Weiden/Oberpfalz – Vohenstrauss and the two 30 kV-circuits for the powerline between Vohenstrauss and Eslarn. This was necessary because, due to environmental protection, only one right of way was available. Therefore the circuits of these lines, which existed in 1992 already since several years, had to be installed on the pylons of the powerline with the 380 kV-circuits to the Czech Republic. In Vohenstrauss the 110 kV-circuits run to the local substation, which is situated close to the right of way of the powerline to the Czech Republic.
Behind Vohenstrauss on the lowest crossbar the circuits of the 30 kV-line Vohenstrauss-Eslarn are installed. For a future upgrade of this line to 110 kV, the conductors of this line are mounted on insulators for 110 kV on the pylons. Near Riedlhof this line leaves the track of the line to Czech and runs on concrete pylons to Eslarn substation. From Riedlhof the 380 kV-line to the Czech Republic runs on 15 pylons of “Danube type” to the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. The border is crossed close north of the border crossing of the motorway A6 near Furth in Forest.
After the border the construction type of pylon does not change, but their design and the type of conductors. In the Czech Republic the line uses conductors, which are bundles of 3 conductors with a cross section of 450 mm aluminum and 50 mm steel. 31.5 kilometers behind the frontier near Straz the line splits off in two 380kV-lines with a single circuit. One of these lines is the 97.5 kilometres (60.6 mi) long line section to Hradec in Northern Bohemia and the other is the line to Petice, which was built in 1997. Both lines are installed on Delta type pylons.
Directional Radio Tower
55 metres tall lattice tower south of Etzenricht substation used for directional radio links by E.ON
South of the facility on a hill at 4937’28″ N and 126’55″ E there is a 55 meters tall free-standing lattice tower, which was built in 1973. It is used for directional radio links for remote controlling Etzenricht substation and GKK Etzenricht, which are both not permanently manned.
Natural gas compressor station
Southwest of the facility at 4937’29″ N and 127’33″ E there is a compressor station for natural gas owned by MEGAL.
Bibliography
Sonderdruck aus Elektrizittswirtschaft ( Nr. 4475),”Gleichstromkurzkupplung Etzenricht Strombrcke zwischen West und Ost” (German: {{{1}}})
External links
Google Maps: Substation with former HVDC converter
https://www.energy-portal.siemens.com/static/hq/de/products_solutions/11075_97271_1993 etzenricht.html
Coordinates: 493758.8 12744.4 / 49.633N 12.129E / 49.633; 12.129
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