Abstract:
A wind farm side voltage source converter (32; 94) comprises a DC terminal (40) for connection to a DC transmission link (38), an AC terminal (42) for connection to a wind farm (44) that includes at least one wind turbine (46), and a main controller (10; 20; 96). The main controller (10; 20; 96) is configured to modify an active power demand (P demand ) of the voltage source converter (32; 94) which is received from a higher level controller by introducing an artificial inertia factor and/or in response to a measured DC voltage (V dc_msr ) at the DC terminal (40).
Abstract:
A modular power converter (10) comprises: a first terminal (12,14) for connection to a first electrical network (24); a second terminal (18) for connection to a second electrical network (26); at least one module (28) connected between the first and second terminals (12.14.18), the or each module (28) including at least one switching element (30) and at least one energy storage device (32), the or each switching element (30) and the or each energy storage device (32) in the or each module (28) combining to selectively provide a voltage source, the or each switching element (30) in the or each module (28) being switchable to transfer power between the first and second terminals (12,14,18); and a control unit (34) being configured to selectively control switching of the or each switching element (30) in the or each module (28) to store energy from or release energy to either or both of the first and second terminals (12,14,18) so as to inhibit a modulation of power flow at one of the first and second terminals (12,14,18) from modifying a power flow at the other of the first and second terminals (12,14,18).
Abstract:
A power transmission network (10) comprises a plurality of converters (12a,12b,12c,12d). Each converter (12a,12b,12c,12d) includes first and second electrical terminals (16,18), each first electrical terminal (16) being connectable to an electrical network (28a,28b,28c,28d), each second electrical terminal (18) being operatively connected to at least one other second electrical terminal (18). At least one converter (12a,12b,12c,12d) is designated as a first converter, at least one converter (12a,12b,12c,12d) is designated as a second converter, at least one other converter (12a,12b,12c,12d) is designated as a third converter, the or each first converter includes a first controller, the or each first controller being configured to selectively operate the or each respective first converter to modulate a power flow at its first or second electrical terminal (16,18), and the or each second converter includes a second controller, the or each second controller being configured to selectively operate the or the respective second converter to modulate a power flow at its second electrical terminal (18) so as to generate a compensatory power to compensate for an imbalance in power within the power transmission network (10) caused by the modulation of power flow by the or each first converter and thereby inhibit the modulation of power flow by the or each first converter from modifying a power flow in the or each third converter.