Comparisons and Improvements of Key Operating Characteristics of Current Source Converter Applied in HVDC System

Because of its controlled power factor and no commutation failure,current source converter(CSC)made up of reverse-blocking IGCTs(RB-IGCTs)offers broad application prospects in the field of HVDC system.Valve voltage and power operating range as the most important operating characteristics should be paid attention to but they are always contradictory.First,the relationship between valve voltage and modulation index is obtained.In particular,valve voltage of converter under the three typical modulation methods is compared,analyzed,and verified.Second,with the help of the independent control strategy and coordinated control strategy of both ends,power operating ranges of the three modulation methods are comprehensively analyzed and compared.Third,in order to solve power coupling at a low active power,the improved coordination control strategy at both ends in this paper is proposed and the relationships among active power,reactive power,DC current and phase angle difference are given in detail.Finally,a 500 kV/3 kA simulation system was built in PSCAD/EMTDC to obtain comparison results of the key operating characteristics of CSC under different modulation methods and the converter can realize unity power operation under random active power after adopting the improved coordinated control strategy,and DC current does not decrease to zero,verifying effectiveness of the coordinated control strategy.

The Averaged-value Model of a Flexible Power Electronics Based Substation in Hybrid AC/DC Distribution Systems

The concept of a flexible power electronics substation(FPES)was first applied in the Zhangbei DC distribution network demonstration project.As a multi-port power electronics transformer(PET)with different AC and DC voltage levels,the FPES has adopted a novel topology integrating modular multilevel converter(MMC)and four-winding medium frequency transformer(FWMFT)based multiport DC-DC converter,which can significantly reduce capacitance in each sub-module(SM)of a MMC and also save space and cost.In this paper,in order to accelerate speed of electromagnetic transient(EMT)simulations of FPES based hybrid AC/DC distribution systems,an averaged-value model(AVM)is proposed for efficient and accurate representation of FPES.Assume that all SM capacitor voltages are perfectly balanced in the MMC,then the MMC behavior can be modeled using controlled voltage sources based on modulation voltages from control systems.In terms of the averaged current transfer characteristics among the windings of the FWMFT,we consider that all multiport DC-DC converters are controlled with the same dynamics,a lumped averaged model using controlled current and voltage sources has been developed for these four-port DC-DC converters connected to the upper or lower arms of the MMC.The presented FPES AVM model has been tested and validated by comparison with a detailed IGBT-based EMT model.Results show that the AVM is significantly more efficient while maintaining its accuracy in an EMT simulation.

Stability Comparison Between Grid-forming and Grid-following Based Wind Farms Integrated MMC-HVDC

Grid-forming(GFM)control based high-voltage DC(HVDC)systems and renewable energy sources(RESs)provide support for enhancing the stability of power systems.However,the interaction and coordination of frequency support between the GFM-based modular multilevel converter based HVDC(MMC-HVDC)and grid-following(GFL)based RESs or GFM-based RESs have not been fully investigated,which are examined in this study.First,the detailed AC-and DC-side impedances of GFM-based MMC-HVDC are analyzed.The impedance characteristics of GFL-and GFM-based wind turbines are next analyzed.Then,the influences of GFL-and GFM-based wind farms(WFs)on the DC-and AC-side stabilities of WF-integrated MMC-HVDC systems are compared and evaluated.The results show that the GFM-based wind turbine performs better than the GFL-based wind turbine.Accordingly,to support a receiving-end AC system,the corresponding frequency supporting strategies are proposed based on the GFM control for WF-integrated MMC-HVDC systems.The GFM-based WF outperforms the GFL-based WF in terms of stability and response time.Simulations in PSCAD/EMTDC demonstrate the DC-and AC-side stability issues and seamless grid support from the RESs,i.e.,WFs,to the receiving-end AC system.