Control strategy design for line-commutated converter based specail series multi-terminal DC transmission

  • Shaohua Li
  • , Xiuli Wang
  • , Jianming Gao
  • , Yun Su
  • , Wang Zhang

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Abstract

Multi-terminal dc (MTDC) systems based on line-commutated converters have been studied and discussed for more than fifty years. However, no series MTDC system has actually been implemented due to the difficulties in the dc circuit breaker design and the coordination between dc terminals. Recently, the topology with two series converters located in the same station has been becoming popular in practice which in fact is a special series MTDC scheme. This paper describes the control system provided for this special series MTDC schemes. New strategy for the control system is proposed which is much more concise than the conventional method. To optimize the cooperation between series rectifiers, an improved dc voltage balancing control is included. The behavior of the special MTDC system is equal to that of the comparable 2-terminal system with each pole consisting of only one single converter. Connection and disconnection of converters are key technologies for the MTDC system. The method of doing this is described and validated using PSCAD/EMTDC.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2016 IEEE 11th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages978-983
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509026050
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Oct 2016
Event11th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2016 - Hefei, China
Duration: 5 Jun 20167 Jun 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2016 IEEE 11th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2016

Conference

Conference11th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHefei
Period5/06/167/06/16

Keywords

  • Multi-terminal dc (MTDC)
  • connection/disconnection of converters
  • dc voltage balancing control
  • series converters

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