Abstract:
A method of controlling a high voltage direct current, HVDC, converter station is provided, wherein the converter station includes a first voltage source converter (VSC) associated with a first power controller and a second VSC associated with a second power controller. The first VSC and the second VSC are connected in series between a first DC terminal and a second DC terminal of the converter station. According to an embodiment, the method comprises determining a common DC voltage reference based on either one of a first DC voltage measured across the first VSC and a second DC voltage measured across the second VSC. The method further includes determining a first reference DC voltage for the first VSC based on the determined common DC voltage reference and a first DC voltage contribution from the first power controller and determining a second reference DC voltage for the second VSC based on the determined common DC voltage reference and a second DC voltage contribution from the second power controller. Operation of the first VSC and the second VSC may then be controlled at least partly based on the first reference DC voltage and the second reference DC voltage, respectively.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a direct current, DC, current in a voltage source converter (VSC) station, wherein the VSC station includes at least on modular multi-level converter (MMC), including for example a full-bridge MMC (FB-MMC) submodule. The method includes determining a DC current reference (212), and determining, using a DC current controller (200), a DC voltage correction (222) based on the DC current reference (212). The method also includes generating a DC voltage reference based on a sum of the DC voltage correction (222) and at least one of an actual DC voltage and an ordered DC voltage. The method includes switching the at least one MMC based on the DC voltage reference.The method includes determining whether a DC fault has occurred in the power transmission system, and controlling, on a basis that it is determined that the DC fault has occurred, a DC fault current to zero or close to zero by said switching. The present disclosure also provides a VSC station (700) including a controller (740) for performing the method, and a high-voltage power transmission system (800) including at least one such VSC station (810).
Abstract:
A multilevel converter (12) comprises a first and a second converter block (CB1, CB2) series-connected between two DC terminals (DC1, DC2) and a chopper circuit (CC) between the blocks (CB1, CB2). Each block (CB1, CB2) comprises a number of valve arm strings, each comprising an upper and a lower valve arm (VASA1, VASB1, VASC1, VASA2, VASB2, VASC2) and a number of converter cells. A midpoint between the upper and lower arm (VAUA1, VALA1, VAUB1, VALB1, VAUC1, VALC1) of a string (VASA1, VASB1, VASC1) of the first block (CB1) is connected to a corresponding primary AC terminal (ACA1, ACB1, ACC1) and a midpoint between the upper and lower arm (VAUA2, VALA2, VAUB2, VALB2, VAUC2, VALC2) of a corresponding string (VASA2, VASB2, VASC2) of the second block (CB2) is connected to a corresponding secondary AC terminal (ACA2, ACB2, ACC2). The chopper circuit (CC) comprises a power dissipating element (R) in parallel with a circuit breaker (CB).
Abstract:
According to a first aspect, it is presented a converter cell comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a plurality of switching element provided with respective gate units; an energy storage element; an clamp inductor provided to restrict a rate of change of current from the energy storage element to the switching elements; and a first energy converter provided in parallel to the clamp inductor, the first energy converter being provided to power the gate units by utilising energy from the clamp inductor when the converter cell changes state to be in a short circuit state.
Abstract:
It is presented a high voltage DC/DC converter for converting between a first DC connection and a second DC connection. The high voltage DC/DC converter comprises: a first set of DC terminals; a second set of DC terminals); a multiphase transformer device comprising a plurality of primary windings and a corresponding plurality of secondary windings; a first converter arranged to convert DC to AC, comprising a plurality of phase legs serially connected between the first set of DC terminals, wherein each phase leg is connected to an AC connection of a respective primary winding; and a second converter arranged to convert AC from the secondary windings to DC on the second set of DC terminals.
Abstract:
A converter cell includes a first terminal; a second terminal; a plurality of switching elements provided with respective gate units; an energy storage element; an clamp inductor provided to restrict a rate of change of current from the energy storage element to the switching elements; and a first energy converter provided in parallel to the clamp inductor. The first energy converter is provided to power the gate units by utilising energy from the clamp inductor when the converter cell changes state to be in a short circuit state.