There is strong electrical and control coupling between the sending and receiving ends of a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. Therefore, disturbances on the sending end can affect the operation state of the receiving end system through changes in control logic, electrical or control quantities, increasing the risk of commutation failure (CF) on the receiving end. The phenomenon and mechanism of CF at the receiving end caused by large disturbances at the sending end have been studied in literature. In this paper, it is found that inherent oscillation modes exist whose frequencies are located in the low-frequency range in the system. If oscillations in similar frequency bands occur in the sending AC system, resonance in the DC system is likely to be induced, causing CF in the receiving end. If the resonance is not controlled in time, it will lead to further switching of constant current control and constant extinction angle control at the inverter side. Uncontrolled extinction angle during control switching is very likely to cause subsequent CFs or even DC blocking. Therefore, discovering the mechanism of such CF is important to contribute to the operational safety and stability of HVDC transmission systems.
Firstly, we analyze the whole process of the CF caused by the sending end oscillation using simulation curves from the CIGRE benchmark HVDC system. According to the simulation results, four different stages after the first detection of the sending end oscillation have been identified.
Secondly, we compute the eigenvalues of the CIGRE benchmark HVDC system using a small-signal stability model and determine the inherent oscillation modes of the system. Among them, there is one special mode that the sending end current controller participates in the most, according to the participation factor values. The frequency of the special mode of the CIGRE benchmark system is 1.2 Hz, which is located in the low-frequency range. When the sending system encounters oscillations of nearby frequencies, resonance is easily induced so that the sending end controller will be corrupted. Based on this observation, the quasi-steady-state equations are used to derive the DC current equation to analyze the rise of DC current after resonance, which leads to a fall in the extinction angle and triggers the first CF. Then, the control equations are used to analyze the switching process of the system controller and to elucidate the mechanism by which control switching leads to subsequent CFs.
Finally, all the theoretical findings are validated by simulations carried out in PSCAD/EMTDC. We have tested a series of oscillations of different frequencies, i.e. 0.1 Hz, 0.6 Hz, 0.8 Hz, 1.2 Hz, 2.5 Hz, 7.6 Hz, and 66 Hz. The results show that oscillations in the low-frequency band of 0.1-2.5 Hz can trigger resonance in the system and lead to CF on the receiving end. Moreover, the first CF can be observed around 0.5 s after the 1.2 Hz oscillation is injected into the sending end system, which is faster than other oscillations from 0.1 Hz to 2.5 Hz since 1.2 Hz is the frequency of the inherent oscillation. Additionally, oscillations of 7.6 Hz and 66 Hz will not cause CFs, although these two frequencies are also the frequency of the inherent oscillation. Their participation factors indicate that these two inherent oscillations are not related to the system controller.
The following conclusions can be drawn from the paper: 1) There exist four stages after the sending end oscillation occurs, and CFs will happen if the frequency is in some certain range. 2) The root cause of CFs caused by sending end oscillations is that oscillations resonate with the inherent oscillation modes of the HVDC system, resulting in fluctuations in electrical and control quantities. The rise of DC current induces the first CF, and the switching of control leads to subsequent CFs. 3) The key to preventing CFs caused by sending end oscillations is to tune the system parameters so that the inherent oscillation mode has a strong damping ratio in the common frequency band.
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