Jean-Jacques Archambault (March 21, 1919 – December 23, 2001) was a Quebec engineer. He worked at Hydro-Québec and is known for his work on the 735kV electric transmission technology in the early 1960s.

735-kV transmission line

Shortly after being hired as a planner at Hydro-Québec he showed interest in the possibility of 735 kV transmission. With the highest operational voltage elsewhere being 525 kV[1][2] many American specialists affirmed that a 735-kV line was impossible to develop, but the Commission hydroélectrique de Québec approved his idea and launched a project to install a transmission line between Montreal and the Manicouagan-Outardes complex.[3] The 735-kV technology was put in service on 29 November 1965,[1] and described as the technological innovation of the 20th century for Quebec by the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.[1]

The Eastern Canada Council of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers gives out the Jean-Jacques Archambault Award of Merit in his honour, An amphitheatre in the Hydro-Québec Building in Montreal is also named for him.

In 2005, Hydro-Québec received an IEEE Milestone award for the technology.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hydro-Québec (29 November 2005). "Hydro-Québec célèbre le 40e anniversaire de la mise en service de la première ligne à 735 kV" [Hydro-Québec celebrates the 40th anniversary of the commissioning of the first 735 kV line] (in French). Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  2. ↑ "The 735-kV Transmission Line Celebrates 50 Years at Hydro-Quebec". Transmission & Distribution World Magazine. December 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ IEEE Canada (31 July 2006). "Biography of Jean Jacques Archambault". Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  4. ↑ "Hydro-Québec Receives IEEE Milestone Award for 735-kV Transmission Technology". Transmission & Distribution World. December 13, 2005.
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