A Comprehensive AC Fault Ride-through Strategy for HVDC Link with Serial-connected LCC-VSC Hybrid Inverter

An HVDC link with line-commutated converter(LCC)as a rectifier at the power sending end and with a serial-connected LCC and voltage source converter(VSC)hybrid inverter(SLVHI)at the power receiving end,has been adopted for the forthcoming Baihetan HVDC engineering project in China.To realize the AC fault ride-through(FRT)of SLVHI,a new strategy based on DC chopper(DCC)is proposed in this paper.Firstly,the mathematical model is built to investigate the VSC DC overvoltage mechanism after SLVHI commutation failure(CF)and related factors.Secondly,a modified DCC topology of SLVHI is designed to adjust the unbalanced power dissipation based on voltage drop depth.Thirdly,an enhanced voltage-dependent current order limiter(VDCOL)is proposed to deal with the unbalanced power after DCC switch-off.With the cooperation between modified DCC and enhanced VDCOL,the proposed FRT strategy can realize CF mitigation and VSC DC overvoltage suppression simultaneously.Finally,the inverter side AC FRT performances of the HVDC link with SLVHI were studied using PSCAD software/EMTDC algorithm.The simulation results validate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed strategy,with better CF mitigation and VSC DC overvoltage suppression abilities than offered by other existing FRT strategies under different fault scenarios.

Implementation of FPGA Based Hybrid Power Generator for PV and Wind Grid Applications

This paper deals with implementation of Sinusoidal Pulse-Width-Modulation (SPWM) for a single-phase hybrid power filter generator for Photovoltaic (PV) and wind grid applications. Using policy iteration algorithm, an improved variable step-size perturbation and observation algorithm is contrived and it is implemented proficiently using a hard-ware description language (VHDL) (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language). Subsequently, the new generated grid source supplements the existing grid power in rural houses during its cut off or restricted supply period. The software is used for generating SPWM modulation integrated with a solar-power & wind power grid system which is implemented on the Spartan 3 FPGA. The proposed algorithm performs as a conventional controller in terms of tracking speed and mitigating fluctuation output power in steady state operation which is shown in the experimental results with a commercial PV array and HPW (Height Weight Proportional) show. Simulation results demonstrate the validity with load of the proposed algorithm.