Thyristor valve arrester and DC power transmission thyristor valve using the same

摘要

An object of the present invention is to provide a thyristor valve arrester capable of measuring leakage currents of arrester elements in a simple construction and a DC power transmission thyristor valve having it used therein. A multiple of laminated arrester sets are arranged in parallel with a multiple of thyristor valves. Each arrester set is made of a plurality of arrester units arranged in parallel. Each adjoining arrester sets has through an insulator an inter-stage connecting conductor therebetween at a position corresponding to the respective thyristor valve terminals. An end of each arrester set and the respective inter-stage connecting conductors have a leakage current ammeter and a surge counter connected therebetween in electrical parallel. Each inter-stage connecting conductor and the respective thyristor valve stage are connected together by a thyristor valve connecting conductor.