MMC-HVDC Hybrid Blocking Topologies for Suppressing DC Fault
Zhang Jianpo1, Yan Xiangwu1, Tian Xingcheng2
1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering North China Electric Power University Baoding 071001 China; 2. State Grid Tangshan Power Corporation Tangshan 063000 China
Abstract:How to deal with DC link fault has been a technical problem for the voltage source converter based HVDC. Several kinds of improved sub-module topologies were summarized firstly in this paper based on modular multilevel converter (MMC) DC fault suppressing mechanism. An improved sub-module and a hybrid sub-module with reverse-blocking half-bridge topologies were designed to solve the additional power consumption problem. Then according to the circuit voltage equation, the DC fault suppressing characteristics and sub-module capacitor voltage balancing problem were analyzed. What’s more, a self-startup method was also designed. Lastly, the simulation model built in PSCAD/EMTDC has verified the self-startup process and DC link fault suppressing features.
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