Fault Current Limiter Based on Series Voltage Source Inverter

2013 ◽  
Vol 705 ◽  
pp. 378-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Li ◽  
Dong Ming Han ◽  
Ling Quan Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Fault Current ◽  
Fault Current Limiter ◽  
Voltage Source Inverter ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Voltage Level ◽  
New Type ◽  
Current Limiter

The installation of Fault Current Limiter (FCL) brings many advantages to power systems. Therefore, in recent years, many kinds of FCL have been developed. This paper describes a new type of FCL, it’s composed by a tandem resistance and a self rectified voltage source inverter, connected to the distribution line by a coupling transformer. It realizes the limiting by controlling the reactive power. Its prominent features are: simple configuration, lower voltage level. This paper aims to evaluate the operating characteristics of such FCL in both simulation and experimental research ways.

scholarly journals Fault Ride through Capability Augmentation of a DFIG-Based Wind Integrated VSC-HVDC System with Non-Superconducting Fault Current Limiter

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Alam ◽  
Mohammad Abido ◽  
Alaa Hussein ◽  
Ibrahim El-Amin
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Control Mode ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Fault Current ◽  
Fault Current Limiter ◽  
Hvdc System ◽  
Fault Ride Through ◽  
Current Limiter

This paper proposes a non-superconducting bridge-type fault current limiter (BFCL) as a potential solution to the fault problems of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) integrated voltage source converter high-voltage DC (VSC-HVDC) transmission systems. As the VSC-HVDC and DFIG systems are vulnerable to AC/DC faults, a BFCL controller is developed to insert sizeable impedance during the inception of system disturbances. In the proposed control scheme, constant capacitor voltage is maintained by the stator VSC (SVSC) controller, while current extraction or injection is achieved by rotor VSC (RVSC) controller. Current control mode-based active and reactive power controllers for an HVDC system are developed. Balanced and different unbalanced faults are applied in the system to show the effectiveness of the proposed BFCL solution. A DFIG wind-based VSC-HVDC system, BFCL, and their controllers are implemented in a real time digital simulator (RTDS). The performance of the proposed BFCL control strategy in DFIG-based VSC-HVDC system is compared with a series dynamic braking resistor (SDBR). Comparative RTDS implementation results show that the proposed BFCL control strategy is very efficient in improving system fault ride through (FRT) capability and outperforms SDBR in all cases considered.

scholarly journals Non-Linear Control for Variable Resistive Bridge Type Fault Current Limiter in AC-DC Systems

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Alam ◽  
Mohammad Abido ◽  
Alaa Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Power ◽  
Effective Resistance ◽  
Linear Control ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Fault Current ◽  
Fault Current Limiter ◽  
Linear Controller ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Bridge Type ◽  
Current Limiter

This paper proposes a non-linear control-based variable resistive bridge type fault current limiter (VR-BFCL) as a prospective solution to ease the effect of disturbances on voltage source converter-based high voltage DC (VSC-HVDC) systems. A non-linear controller for VR-BFCL has been developed to insert a variable optimum resistance during the inception of system disturbances in order to limit the fault current. The non-linear controller takes the amount of DC link voltage deviation as its input and provides variable duty to generate a variable effective resistance during faults. The VSC-HVDC system’s real and reactive power controllers have been developed based on a current control loop where direct axis and quadrature axis currents are used to control the active and reactive power, respectively. The efficacy of the proposed non-linear control-based VR-BFCL solution has been proved with balanced as well as unbalanced faults. The results confirm that the oscillations in active power and DC link voltage have been significantly reduced by limiting the fault current through the insertion of an optimum effective resistance with the proposed control technique. The real time digital simulator (RTDS) has been used to implement the proposed approach. The performance of the proposed non-linear control based VR-BFCL is compared with that of traditional fixed duty control.

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