scholarly journals Implementation of DC voltage controllers on enhancing the stability of multi-terminal DC grids

Author(s):  
Moussa Belgacem ◽  
Mohamed Khatir ◽  
Mohammed Abdeldjalil Djehaf ◽  
Sid Ahmed Zidi ◽  
Riyadh Bouddou

Because of the increasing penetration of intermittent green energy resources like offshore wind farms, solar photovoltaic, the multi-terminal DC grid using VSC technology is considered a promising solution for interconnecting these future energies. To improve the stability of the multi-terminal direct current (MTDC) network, DC voltage control strategies based on voltage margin and voltage droop technique have been developed and investigated in this article. These two control strategies are implemented in the proposed model, a ±400 kV meshed multi-terminal MTDC network based on VSC technology with four terminals during the outage converter. The simulation results include the comparison and analysis of both techniques under the outage converter equipped with constant DC voltage control, then the outage converter equipped with constant active power control. The simulation results confirm that the DC voltage droop technique has a better dynamic performance of power sharing and DC voltage regulation.

Author(s):  
Yang Gao ◽  
Qian Ai

Abstract The development of voltage source converter (VSC) based multi-terminal HVDC network (VSC-MTDC) is emerging as the most adaptive approach to managing high penetration of wind energy in long distance.However, MTDC networks depend on highly controllable devices, which may permit not only transporting power, but also assuring secure and stable operation for AC grids. This paper first presents an overview of different control schemes for VSCs in VSC-MTDC network, then proposes a modification scheme of multi-point DC voltage control for wind farms equipped with doubly fed induction generators (DFIG). Finally, the proposed strategy is verified on PSCAD/EMTDC software, and simulation results show that the state of constant power control and constant DC voltage control can be automatically conversed, thus guarantee the stability of DC voltage and the transmission reliability after the power variation in DFIG wind farms and the operation fault at converter stations.


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