scholarly journals Operation Zone Analysis of the Voltage Source Converter Based on the Influence of Different Grid Strengths

Symmetry ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Wenning Wang ◽  
Kejun Li ◽  
Kaiqi Sun ◽  
Jianjian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Vector Current ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Synchronization Control ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Operating Stability ◽  
The Stability

With the increasing penetration of renewable energy into the power system, the voltage source converter (VSC) for integrating renewable energy has become the most common device in the electric network. However, the operating stability of the VSC is strongly dependent on its operating control strategy, which is also highly related to the strength of the AC system. Choosing the control strategy of VSC for different strengths of AC systems becomes an essential issue for maintaining the symmetry between high proportion of renewable energy integration and stable operation of AC system. In order to obtain the operation zones of the control strategies of the VSC under different strengths of AC system, in this paper, the two common VSC control strategies, vector current control (VCC) and power synchronization control (PSC), are compared. Firstly, the principle of VCC and PSC are introduced. Then, based on the short circuit ratio (SCR) and the power limit calculation under steady-state conditions of the VSC, the operation zones of the vector current control and power synchronization control are proposed. Finally, a medium voltage modular multilevel converter (MMC) system was built in PSCAD/EMTDC and the proposed operation zones of the VCC and PSC were tested by changing the SCR of the modified IEEE 33 bus system and analyzed via the critical short circuit ratio (CSCR) analysis, the small-signal stability analysis, and transient stability analysis. The results indicate that, as the SCR decreases, the VSC based on VCC is gradually worked into unstable conditions, while the stability of VSC based on PSC gradually increases. The analysis results provide a criterion for the converter operation strategy change that could significantly improve the operating stability of the VSC in the power system and realize the symmetry of the stability of the converter and the change of the strength of the AC system.

scholarly journals POWER SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL OF VSC-HVDC TRANSMISSION FOR WEAK AC SYSTEM

2013 ◽  
pp. 221-225
Author(s):  
SEENA. K. R ◽  
SINDHU.T. K
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Vector Current ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Synchronization Control ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Hvdc Transmission ◽  
Ac Systems ◽  
Weak Ac System

In this paper voltage source converter based HVDC transmission system is used for connecting two ac systems. The control method used is power synchronization control. This method is different from other control methods and it uses the internal synchronization mechanism in ac systems. It is applied for all grid connected VSC’s especially for HVDC application. This control method gives strong voltage support to a weak ac system. It shows that the proposed control allows 0.86 p.u power to be transferred from a system with short circuit ratio of 1.2 to a system with an SCR of 1.The result is compared with the vector current control for the same ac system where it can transfer only 0.4 p.u. The simulations in MATLAB/Simulink are done to demonstrate the system and observe the system behavior under three phase AC faults.

scholarly journals Research on Serial VSC-LCC Hybrid HVdc Control Strategy and Filter Design Scheme

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2260
Author(s):  
Fan Cheng ◽  
Lijun Xie ◽  
Zhibing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Power ◽  
Filter Design ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Hvdc System ◽  
High Voltage Direct Current ◽  
Design Scheme

This paper investigated the characteristics of a novel type of hybrid high voltage direct current (HVdc) converter, which is composed by line commutated converter series with voltage source converter. The system and valve level control strategies are introduced, which can provide ac system voltage support. A novel filter design scheme composed by resonant filers for hybrid HVdc are also proposed, which can decrease the capacity of reactive power compensation equipment without deteriorate harmonic characteristics. The ac voltage of HVdc fluctuation level caused by transmitted power variation will be effectively reduced, with the coordination between filter design scheme and converter control. In addition, the influence of ac grid strength is also analyzed by equivalent source internal impedance represented by short circuit ratio (SCR). Finally, the +800 kV/1600 MW hybrid HVdc system connecting two ac grids under different SCR cases are studied, and the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation results have validated the effectiveness for proposed strategy.

scholarly journals Universal Power Flow Algorithm for Bipolar Multi-Terminal VSC-HVDC

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1053
Author(s):  
Zhou Li ◽  
Yan He ◽  
Ting-Quan Zhang ◽  
Xiao-Ping Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Power Flow ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Detailed Calculation ◽  
Negative Pole ◽  
Flow Algorithm

An effective and accurate power flow algorithm provides control references for active power dispatch and initial steady state operating points, used for stability analysis, short-circuit calculations, and electromagnetic transient simulations, which is not only a fundamental precondition to analyze the system operating conditions, but also the basis to improve the accuracy of power flow and DC voltage control of the multi-terminal voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC). This paper proposes a nodal voltage-based universal steady-state power flow algorithm for the newly-developed bipolar multi-terminal VSC-HVDC (VSC-MTDC). Firstly, as the positive-pole and negative-pole DC network of the bipolar VSC-MTDC can be operated individually, a bipolar power flow alternating iterative method is proposed here to obtain the positive/negative-pole DC network power flow. Secondly, a series of nodal equivalent methods involving various control strategies are proposed for the universal power flow algorithm. Then the detailed calculation procedure and a general MATLAB(TM) program for the universal power flow algorithm is presented. A typical 4-terminal bipolar VSC-MTDC system was built in the PSCAD/EMTDC to verify the validity of the proposed algorithm, and the results are discussed here. Moreover, the calculation results of more complex bipolar VSC-MTDC systems under different operating conditions, employing the proposed universal power flow algorithm, are presented to illustrate its universality and efficiency.

scholarly journals Circulating Current Reduction in MMC-HVDC System Using Average Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamran Hafeez ◽  
Shahid A. Khan ◽  
Alex Van den Bossche ◽  
Qadeer Ul Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Vector Current ◽  
Current Control ◽  
New Method ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Direct Modulation ◽  
Hvdc System ◽  
Voltage Oscillation ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Circulating Current

: Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) are quickly emerging as a suitable technology for a voltage-source converter-based high-voltage direct-current (VSC-HVDC) transmission systems due to its numerous advantages as reported in literature. However, for a large DC-network, MMCs require large numbers of sub-modules (SMs) and switches, which makes its modeling very challenging and computationally complex using electromagnetic transient (EMT) programs. Average Value Model (AVM) provides a relatively better solution to model MMCs by combining cells as an arm equivalent circuit. Circulating current is an important issue related to the performance and stability of MMCs. Due to circulating currents, power loss in a converter increases as root mean square (RMS) values of the arm current increases. The traditional method for inserting SMs in each arm is based on direct modulation, which does not compensate for the arm voltage oscillations, and generates circulating current in each leg of a three-phase MMC. This paper presents a new method for reducing the circulating current by adding 2nd and 4thharmonics in the upper and lower arm currents of an MMC. Less capacitor energy variations reobtained by the proposed method compared to traditional direct modulation methods. The proposed method is tested on a common symmetrical monopole (point-to-point) MMC-HVDC system using vector current control strategy in PSCAD/EMTDC software. Analytical and simulation results show the effectiveness of the new method in minimizing the circulating current and arm voltage oscillation reductions as compared to the direct modulation approach.

scholarly journals Improved Operation Strategy with Alternative Control Targets for Voltage Source Converter under Harmonically Distorted Grid Considering Inter-Harmonics

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Pang ◽  
Heng Nian
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Control Object ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Control Gain ◽  
Distorted Grid ◽  
The Stability

This paper proposed an improved control method for grid-connected voltage source converter (VSC), when the grid voltage consisted of the integer harmonics and inter-harmonics. Control object of the proposed control can be alternated to achieve the sinusoidal current or smooth output power, which enhances the operation adaption of VSC under the harmonically distorted grid. On the basis of a PI regulator in the fundamental current control loop, the novel control strategy was proposed with a supplementary controller which consisted of a prepositive high-pass filter and a modified proportional-derivative controller. In the proposed control, the inter-harmonics could be suppressed without detecting frequency, while the traditional resonator was effective in the premise of knowing the harmonics frequency. Also, the influence of control gain on the steady performance and the stability of VSC was analyzed, and the influences on the fundamental control caused by the proposed controller were also analyzed to verify the practicability of the proposed control strategy. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed strategy was verified by the experiments.

Inductor Saturation Compensation in Three-Phase Three-Wire Voltage-Source Converters via Inverse System Dynamics-I

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziya Özkan ◽  
Ahmet Masum Hava
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Inverse System ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Inverse Dynamic ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Steady State Current

In three-phase three-wire (3P3W) voltage-source converter (VSC) systems, utilization of filter inductors with deep saturation characteristics is often advantageous due to the improved size, cost, and efficiency. However, with the use of conventional synchronous frame current control (CSCC) methods, the inductor saturation results in significant dynamic performance loss and poor steady-state current waveform quality. This paper proposes an inverse dynamic model based compensation (IDMBC) method to overcome these performance issues. Accordingly, a review of inductor saturation and core materials is performed, and the motivation on the use of saturable inductors is clarified. Then, two-phase exact modelling of the 3P3W VSC control system is obtained and the drawbacks of CSCC have been demonstrated analytically. Based on the exact modelling, the inverse system dynamic model of the nonlinear system is obtained and employed such that the nonlinear plant is converted to a fictitious linear inductor system for linear current regulators to perform satisfactorily.

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