Circulating current suppressing strategy for MMC-HVDC in the stationary frame

  • Jinyu Wang
  • , Jun Liang
  • , Chengfu Wang
  • , Xiaoming Dong
  • , Zhuodi Wang
  • , Zhengtang Liang

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Abstract

Proportional resonant (PR) controllers/repetitive controllers (RC) based circulating current suppressing strategies in the stationary frame are widely used in MMC because of their simpleness and effectiveness. Unfortunately, they cannot be directly used in MMC-HVDC systems since they can result in dc-line voltage ripples and thus deteriorate system performance and stability under unbalanced grid conditions. This paper studies the problem in detail and then proposes corresponding improved circulating current suppressing strategies for MMC-HVDC, in which newly designed zero-sequence circulating current controller is employed. The proposed strategies can effectively eliminate both circulating currents and dc-line voltage ripples for MMC-HVDC systems under balanced and unbalanced grid conditions. Hence, they greatly enhance the fault ride-through capability of MMC-HVDC systems without adding any control cost or the number of controllers. The theoretical analysis and the proposed strategies are both verified by an established MMC-HVDC simulation model in MATLAB/Simulink.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE PES APPEEC 2016 - 2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages987-992
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509054183
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Dec 2016
Event2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC 2016 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 25 Oct 201628 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC
Volume2016-December
ISSN (Print)2157-4839
ISSN (Electronic)2157-4847

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period25/10/1628/10/16

Keywords

  • Circulating current
  • high voltage direct current (HVDC)
  • modular multilevel converter (MMC)
  • proportional resonant (PR)
  • repetitive controller
  • voltage ripple

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