PCHD-Based Passivity Control of VSC-HVDC Connected Large Wind Farm

Concentrated integration of large scale wind power demands stronger robustness of VSC-HVDC transmission. Based on PCHD (Port Controled Hamiltonian with Dissipation) equation, the PCHD model of voltage source converter (VSC) in abc frame and d-q rotating frame are built and the strict passivity of VSC is proved. Desired energy function is constructed and used as Lyapunov function by assigning link matrix and damping matrix. Impact from VSC equivalent dc resistance is eliminated by additional damping matrix. The IDA-PB (Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-based) controller is designed based on desired equilibrium point and state variable. With different operation conditions, VSC-HVDC and its control system are simulated by software PSCAD/EMTDC, the results show the proposed control strategy has good performance and strong robustness.

Research on the Transient Power Characteristics of the Inverter for Yun-Guang UHVDC

During the transient period of large-disturbance of the received power grid, the power features of the inverter are of great important for the security and stability of the system. The research before is defective in that the constant control mode assumption and the rough HVDC simulation model. The paper establishes the PSCAD/EMTDC model for Yun-Guang EHVDC system, and analysis the transient real power and the reactive power of the inverter. With the analysis of logic for control mode, the author also introduces the physical processes of the peak of the reactive power. At last, the paper puts forward several strategies for suppressing the peak of the dynamic reactive power and real power recovery acceleration.

Analysis of Commutation Failure in Multi-Infeed HVDC System under Different Load Models

HVDC technology has been widely used in modern power system. On one hand, HVDC has the advantages of economy, high efficiency and strong controllability. While on the other hand, it makes the dynamic characteristics of the power system becoming more and more complex. That puts forward a new challenge to system stability and raises new questions for power system simulation. This paper focuses on the interaction between AC and DC systems, especially the problem of commutation failure caused by AC system fault. Based on the data of China Southern Power Grid, this paper calculates the fault regions that may cause commutation failure and calculates the system critical clearance time under different load models, analyzes the impacts of different load models on commutation failure and the stability of AC/DC hybrid system.

Research on the Optimized Network Configuration of DC Blocking Device

HVDC transmission system has considerable impact on the surrounding power transformers when the system is running in the unipolar ground mode, which will cause the DC magnetic biasing phenomenon on transformers. This problem would be more serious, after commission and operation of UHVDC transmission system in China. According to the Guangdong power grid under the influence of DC magnetic bias seriously, but little research about the using of blocking device, this paper proposed an optimization scheme about the usage of blocking device combination. Firstly, the subject studied the method of suppressing transformer neutral point DC depending on analysis the mechanism of magnetic biasing, and then found out the changes of power grid after using the capacitance blocking device which is popular used by Guangdong power grid. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) has been used to find a better way to suppress the DC in power grid, and combined with NSGA to solve the mixed integer programming problem. The final data validation of this method is valuable in engineering application.

Study on Identification of Inductive-Motors Load Partition Based on Coherence

A new inductive motors load equivalence algorithm based on coherence is proposed in this paper. In order to partite motors load rapidly and accurately, fuzzy c-means clustering along with particle swarm optimization (PSO-FCM) algorithm is proposed to identify coherent motors base on its physical essence of fuzziness. The merits of PSO algorithm are independent to initial value and convergent to optimum value rapidly, and the validity function is constructed to assess clustering validity. The test on IEEE 39-Bus System is presented to evaluate the effectiveness of the new algorithm, the membership matrix definite not only coherence group of motors but also correlation value of coherence between motors. The algorithm can be used to partite motor load based on coherency in dynamic equivalence with power system operating on different modes.

Stop Control Strategy of Modular Multilevel Converter Based HVDC System

The stop control strategy of modular multilevel converter based HVDC transmission system is proposed. This stop process is divided into stages of energy feedback and energy consumption. The DC voltage controller is coordinated to the used modules per phase when active power is transmitted prior to reactive power, so that the energy is fed back to the AC power grid connected to the converter station which uses the fixed dc voltage controller. In addition, in view of the different forms connected to the grid, specifically when the converter station supplies power for passive network, the passive converter station can take a certain auxiliary trigger strategy to make its maximum energy feedback to the grid. Finally, a simulation system of the MMC-HVDC system is constructed in Matlab/Simulink environment, and simulation results show that the proposed stop strategies are effective.

The Analysis of the Differences between Electromechanical Transients Simulation and Electromagnetic Transients Simulation

The paper firstly interprets the differences between electromechanical transients program BPA and electromagnetic transients program EMTDC in the field of principle, model and algorithm. Then the authors carry out the simulation based on single-machine infinite-bus system and draw some conclusions. The time consumption of the simulation using EMTDC is much longer than the simulation using BPA under the same length of time. The results of BPA are close to those of EMTDC under steady conditions. The fundamental frequency component of the EMTDC results seems closer to the BPA results than its original value, but they still away from completely consistent. In this simulation of single-machine infinite-bus system, the transient stability results of BPA and EMTDC are close, but the results of BPA are apt to be more conservative. All the conclusions above have a certain reference value to both hybrid simulation and comprehensive analysis method in the study of the AC/DC digital simulation of large power grid.

Sound velocity in dense stellar matter with strangeness and compact stars

The phase state of dense matter in the intermediate density range(~1-10 times the nuclear saturation density)is both intriguing and unclear and can have important observable effects in the present gravitational wave era of neutron stars.As matter density increases in compact stars,the sound velocity is expected to approach the con-formal limit(cs/c=1/√3)at high densities and should also fulfill the causality limit(cs/c<1).However,its de-tailed behavior remains a prominent topic of debate.It was suggested that the sound velocity of dense matter could be an important indicator of a deconfinement phase transition,where a particular shape might be expected for its density dependence.In this work,we explore the general properties of the sound velocity and the adiabatic index of dense matter in hybrid stars as well as in neutron stars and quark stars.Various conditions are employed for the had-ron-quark phase transition with varying interface tension.We find that the expected behavior of the sound velocity can also be achieved by the nonperturbative properties of the quark phase,in addition to a deconfinement phase transition.Moreover,it leads to a more compact star with a similar mass.We then propose a new class of quark star equation of states,which can be tested by future high-precision radius measurements of pulsar-like objects.