This paper investigates a control and protection strategy for a four-terminal modular multilevel converter(MMC)based high-voltage direct current(HVDC)system under a converter-side AC fault.Based on the system operatin...This paper investigates a control and protection strategy for a four-terminal modular multilevel converter(MMC)based high-voltage direct current(HVDC)system under a converter-side AC fault.Based on the system operating condition,a control and protection strategy against the fault with normal blocking of the converter is proposed.In practical,applications encountering such a fault,the MMC at the fault side may experience different conditions of blocking failure.The blocking failures may occur on:①the whole converter;②one converter arm;③one sub-module(SM)/several SMs of one converter arm;④other conditions.The phenomenon of the multi-terminal HVDC(MTDC)system following the fault is analyzed under the first three conditions with real-time simulations using the real-time digital simulator(RTDS).Based on the impact of different conditions on the MTDC system,the necessity of utilizing special control and protection is discussed.A special control and protection strategy is proposed for emergency conditions,and its effectiveness is verified by real-time simulation results.展开更多
基于模块化多电平换流器的背靠背柔性直流输电系统(back to back modular multilevel converter based high voltage directcurrent,Back-to-BackMMC-HVDC)可实现区域电网的异步互联,提高电网可靠性。为更好地研究背靠背MMCHVDC接入后...基于模块化多电平换流器的背靠背柔性直流输电系统(back to back modular multilevel converter based high voltage directcurrent,Back-to-BackMMC-HVDC)可实现区域电网的异步互联,提高电网可靠性。为更好地研究背靠背MMCHVDC接入后的交直流系统互耦特性,需建立兼顾区域电网仿真效率与精确模拟MMC-HVDC系统动态特性的交直流混合模型。研究了MMC-HVDC运行原理与控制策略,基于电力系统全数字仿真装置(advanceddigitalpowersystem simulator,ADPSS)搭建含背靠背MMC-HVDC系统的交直流电网机电-电磁混合模型。通过仿真对比,验证了上述MMC-HVDC电磁暂态模型及其控制系统的正确性;基于混合模型进行了交直流电网机电-电磁混合仿真研究,并与对交流大电网进行等值简化后的纯电磁模型进行对比分析。结果表明,与将交流电网等效为理想电压源加等值阻抗的纯电磁暂态模型相比,混合仿真模型可更好地体现交流系统特性,更贴近实际工程,为研究交直流互联电网提供了较好的参考。展开更多
AC-HVDC-AC energy conversion systems using MMC （modular multilevel converters） are becoming popular to integrate distributed energy systems to the main grid. Such multilevel converters pose a serious problems for H...AC-HVDC-AC energy conversion systems using MMC （modular multilevel converters） are becoming popular to integrate distributed energy systems to the main grid. Such multilevel converters pose a serious problems for HIL （hardware in the loop） simulators required for control, protection design and testing due to the large number of cells that must be simulated individually using very small time steps. This paper demonstrates the advantages of using a very small time step to simulate a MMC topology. The MMC is implemented on FPGA （fiel-programmable gate array） to simulate fast transient with a time step of 250 ns. The AC network and HVDC bus is simulated on the PC, with a slower time step of 10 μs to 20 μs. The simulator architecture and the components simulated on the FPGA and on the PC will be discussed, as well as the method allowing the interconnection of this slow and fast system.展开更多
基金This work is supported by UK EPSRC and UK National Grid.
文摘This paper investigates a control and protection strategy for a four-terminal modular multilevel converter(MMC)based high-voltage direct current(HVDC)system under a converter-side AC fault.Based on the system operating condition,a control and protection strategy against the fault with normal blocking of the converter is proposed.In practical,applications encountering such a fault,the MMC at the fault side may experience different conditions of blocking failure.The blocking failures may occur on:①the whole converter;②one converter arm;③one sub-module(SM)/several SMs of one converter arm;④other conditions.The phenomenon of the multi-terminal HVDC(MTDC)system following the fault is analyzed under the first three conditions with real-time simulations using the real-time digital simulator(RTDS).Based on the impact of different conditions on the MTDC system,the necessity of utilizing special control and protection is discussed.A special control and protection strategy is proposed for emergency conditions,and its effectiveness is verified by real-time simulation results.
文摘基于模块化多电平换流器的背靠背柔性直流输电系统(back to back modular multilevel converter based high voltage directcurrent,Back-to-BackMMC-HVDC)可实现区域电网的异步互联,提高电网可靠性。为更好地研究背靠背MMCHVDC接入后的交直流系统互耦特性,需建立兼顾区域电网仿真效率与精确模拟MMC-HVDC系统动态特性的交直流混合模型。研究了MMC-HVDC运行原理与控制策略,基于电力系统全数字仿真装置(advanceddigitalpowersystem simulator,ADPSS)搭建含背靠背MMC-HVDC系统的交直流电网机电-电磁混合模型。通过仿真对比,验证了上述MMC-HVDC电磁暂态模型及其控制系统的正确性;基于混合模型进行了交直流电网机电-电磁混合仿真研究,并与对交流大电网进行等值简化后的纯电磁模型进行对比分析。结果表明,与将交流电网等效为理想电压源加等值阻抗的纯电磁暂态模型相比,混合仿真模型可更好地体现交流系统特性,更贴近实际工程,为研究交直流互联电网提供了较好的参考。
文摘AC-HVDC-AC energy conversion systems using MMC （modular multilevel converters） are becoming popular to integrate distributed energy systems to the main grid. Such multilevel converters pose a serious problems for HIL （hardware in the loop） simulators required for control, protection design and testing due to the large number of cells that must be simulated individually using very small time steps. This paper demonstrates the advantages of using a very small time step to simulate a MMC topology. The MMC is implemented on FPGA （fiel-programmable gate array） to simulate fast transient with a time step of 250 ns. The AC network and HVDC bus is simulated on the PC, with a slower time step of 10 μs to 20 μs. The simulator architecture and the components simulated on the FPGA and on the PC will be discussed, as well as the method allowing the interconnection of this slow and fast system.
