Hunan Electric Power ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 89-94.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1008-0198.2025.03.013

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Fault Cause Analysis and Hidden Danger Management of Main Circulating Pump for Valve Cooling System in a Flexible DC Converter Station

ZHAO Zhanming, GAO Hongda, TENG Mengfeng, ZHANG Qingyuan, LiU Yang   

  1. State Grid Jibei Electric Power Company Limited, EHV Power Transmission Company,Beijing 102488, China
  • Received:2025-04-09 Revised:2025-04-27 Published:2025-07-02

Abstract: Taking the failure of the main circulating pump in the valve cooling system of a ±500 kV converter station as an example, this paper introduces the failure handling measures, analyzes the failure causes, and concludes that the use of unqualified spring washers for the main circulating pump leads to the failure of the pump shaft fastening connection pair (loosening of the lock nut). Meanwhile, potential hazard inspections are carried out on other in-service main circulating pumps in this station, providing references for the safe operation of main circulating pumps in other in-service converter stations and the selection of main circulating pumps for newly-built converter stations.

Key words: valve cooling system, main circulating pump, single pump operation, fastening components

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