Application of GTO voltage-source inverter for tapping HVDC power

Author

Zhao, Z. ; Iravani, M.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

141

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

26

Abstract

The application of a 12-pulse GTO voltage-source inverter (VSI) for tapping a small amount of HVDC power (10-15%) is investigated. The control strategy for a parallel multiterminal DC power system is briefly reviewed. A comparison of VSI and line-commutated inverter characteristics indicates that the GTO VSI offers some technical advantages for tapping applications. To confirm this, detailed digital time-domain simulations based on the Electromagnetic Transients Program for DC power systems are conducted. The simulated responses of the HVDC system embedding the GTO VSI tap under various planned and unplanned disturbances, demonstrate the technical feasibility of a small parallel tap using a GTO VSI. In addition, control strategies and protection requirements are identified for the proposed HVDC tap

Keywords

DC power transmission; digital simulation; invertors; power system analysis computing; power system control; power system protection; software packages; thyristor applications; time-domain analysis; Electromagnetic Transients Program; GTO; VSI; applications; control strategy; digital time-domain simulations; disturbances; line-commutated inverter; parallel multiterminal HVDC power system; power tapping; protection; software packages; voltage-source inverter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Generation, Transmission and Distribution, IEE Proceedings-

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2360

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-gtd:19949604

Filename

277988