Implementation and control of a small-scale HVDC lab prototype considering grid code requirements

Author

Xudan Liu ; Lindemann, Andreas ; Rabe, Steffen ; Richter, Marc ; Styczynski, Zbigniew A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Otto-von-Guericke Univ. Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

354

Lastpage

359

Abstract

The number of high voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) installations is growing rapidly nowadays, and network operators are working to define grid codes that regulate behaviors of HVDC system to operate under different conditions. This paper presents implementation of a small-scale HVDC lab prototype, which aims at studying the characteristics of the VSC-HVDC system and meeting the requirements of grid code. Some key requirements in grid code are analyzed. Control strategies and design considerations to meet these requirements are presented in this paper. Finally, the validity of the design and the control strategies is verified by simulation and experimental results.

Keywords

HVDC power transmission; control system synthesis; electric current control; power convertors; power grids; power transmission control; voltage control; VSC-HVDC system; grid code requirement; high voltage direct current transmission installation; small-scale HVDC lab prototype; HVDC transmission; Power conversion; Power system stability; Prototypes; Reactive power; Voltage control; VSC-HVDC; fault ride-through; frequency support; grid code; voltage support;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Application Conference and Exposition (PEAC), 2014 International

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEAC.2014.7037881

Filename

7037881