This paper presents a novel inter-cluster direct current(DC)capacitor voltage balancing control scheme for the single-star configured modular multilevel cascaded converter(MMCC)-based static synchronous compensator(ST...This paper presents a novel inter-cluster direct current(DC)capacitor voltage balancing control scheme for the single-star configured modular multilevel cascaded converter(MMCC)-based static synchronous compensator(STATCOM)under unbalanced grid voltage.The negative-sequence component of grid voltage at the point of common connection(PCC)causes unbalanced active power flow in the phase limbs of converter.This leads to the imbalance of DC voltages of the sub-module capacitors across the MMCC phases,and consequently,the malfunction of converter.The proposed solution is to inject both negative-sequence current(NSC)and zero-sequence voltage(ZSV)into the phase limbs of MMCC.A quantification factor Qf is used to achieve the sharing of inter-cluster active pow-er between the NSC and ZSV injection methods.Accurate determination of the quantification factor has been presented.In addition to maintaining the DC voltages of sub-module capacitor across the MMCC phases balanced,it also prevents the overcurrent and overvoltage of converter by injecting NSC and ZSV with the right proportion.The control scheme is validated on a 3.54 kV 1.2 MVA power system using MMCC-based STATCOM with 3-level bridge cells as sub-modules.The results show that the proposed scheme provides superior effectiveness in eliminating the voltage imbalance of DC capacitor in the phase limb while maintaining low voltage and current ratings.展开更多
Online diagnosis methods for high-voltage(HV)cable faults have been extensively studied.Power cable fault monitoring is not accurate,and the degree of data fusion analysis of current methods is insufficient.To address...Online diagnosis methods for high-voltage(HV)cable faults have been extensively studied.Power cable fault monitoring is not accurate,and the degree of data fusion analysis of current methods is insufficient.To address these problems,an online monitoring method based on the locus-analysis for HV cable faults is developed.By simultaneously measuring two circulating currents in a coaxial cable,a two-dimensional locus diagram is drawn.The fault criteria and database are established to detect the fault by analyzing the changes of the locus characteristic parameters.A cross-connected grounding simulation model of a high-voltage cable is developed,and several faults at different locations are simulated.Fault identification is established based on the changes in the long axis,short axis,eccentricity,and tilt angle of the track.The simulation and field experiments show that this method can provide an increased amount of fault-monitoring reference information,which can improve the monitoring accuracy and provide a new approach to cable fault monitoring.展开更多
文摘This paper presents a novel inter-cluster direct current(DC)capacitor voltage balancing control scheme for the single-star configured modular multilevel cascaded converter(MMCC)-based static synchronous compensator(STATCOM)under unbalanced grid voltage.The negative-sequence component of grid voltage at the point of common connection(PCC)causes unbalanced active power flow in the phase limbs of converter.This leads to the imbalance of DC voltages of the sub-module capacitors across the MMCC phases,and consequently,the malfunction of converter.The proposed solution is to inject both negative-sequence current(NSC)and zero-sequence voltage(ZSV)into the phase limbs of MMCC.A quantification factor Qf is used to achieve the sharing of inter-cluster active pow-er between the NSC and ZSV injection methods.Accurate determination of the quantification factor has been presented.In addition to maintaining the DC voltages of sub-module capacitor across the MMCC phases balanced,it also prevents the overcurrent and overvoltage of converter by injecting NSC and ZSV with the right proportion.The control scheme is validated on a 3.54 kV 1.2 MVA power system using MMCC-based STATCOM with 3-level bridge cells as sub-modules.The results show that the proposed scheme provides superior effectiveness in eliminating the voltage imbalance of DC capacitor in the phase limb while maintaining low voltage and current ratings.
文摘Online diagnosis methods for high-voltage(HV)cable faults have been extensively studied.Power cable fault monitoring is not accurate,and the degree of data fusion analysis of current methods is insufficient.To address these problems,an online monitoring method based on the locus-analysis for HV cable faults is developed.By simultaneously measuring two circulating currents in a coaxial cable,a two-dimensional locus diagram is drawn.The fault criteria and database are established to detect the fault by analyzing the changes of the locus characteristic parameters.A cross-connected grounding simulation model of a high-voltage cable is developed,and several faults at different locations are simulated.Fault identification is established based on the changes in the long axis,short axis,eccentricity,and tilt angle of the track.The simulation and field experiments show that this method can provide an increased amount of fault-monitoring reference information,which can improve the monitoring accuracy and provide a new approach to cable fault monitoring.
