Given the wide application of DC grids,the protection equipment of power grids must be improved during the fault period.This study proposes an integrated multiport flexible voltage clamp circuit breaker with a DC chop...Given the wide application of DC grids,the protection equipment of power grids must be improved during the fault period.This study proposes an integrated multiport flexible voltage clamp circuit breaker with a DC chopper acting on the receiving end converter to solve the DC short circuit fault and surplus power because of AC low-voltage fault;it has a modular design.As a DC circuit breaker,the device utilizes the voltage-clamping principle and thyristor semi-control to remove faults.As the fault current increases,the branch circuit outputs different voltage levels by selecting different gears,thereby controlling the voltage-clamping effect.This device can distinguish between different fault types to prevent secondary shocks in the system.As a DC chopper,the voltage at both ends of the energy dissipation resistor is varied by switching submodules,consuming surplus power to complete AC low-voltage faults and minimizing the impact of low-voltage faults on the system’s transmission capacity.Finally,the effectiveness and applicability of the equipment are verified using wind turbines connected to a flexible DC transmission three-terminal power grid model in PSCAD/EMTDC,and two fault simulation types are analyzed.A comparison of the electrical quantities(fault current,system voltage and branch voltage)of the proposed circuit breaker with other similar equipment shows that due to the efficiency of the proposed equipment,the peak fault current is reduced by at least 35.8%.The required voltage stress of key power electronic equipment is reduced by at least 71.5%.Therefore,the equipment ensures that the per-unit voltage of the DC system does not exceed 1.05 during AC fault crossing.展开更多
To reduce the probability of commutation failure(CF)of a line commutated converter based high-voltage direct current(LCC-HVDC)transmission,a DC chopper topology composed of power consumption sub-modules based on thyri...To reduce the probability of commutation failure(CF)of a line commutated converter based high-voltage direct current(LCC-HVDC)transmission,a DC chopper topology composed of power consumption sub-modules based on thyristor full-bridge module(TFB-PCSM)is proposed.Firstly,the mechanism of the proposed topology to mitigate CF is analyzed,and the working modes of TFB-PCSM in different operation states are introduced.Secondly,the coordinated control strategy between the proposed DC chopper and LCC-HVDC is designed,and the voltage-current stresses of the TFB-PCSMs are investigated.Finally,the ability to mitigate the CF issues and the fault recovery performance of LCC-HVDC system are studied in PSCAD/EMTDC.The results show that the probability of CF of LCC-HVDC is significantly reduced,and the performances of fault recovery are effectively improved by the proposed DC chopper.展开更多
经VSC-HVDC并网风电系统在风电场侧故障时,风电机组出口母线电压过低,极易引起风力机脱网。而双馈风力发电机(DFIG)传统的Crowbar技术在故障时将转子侧变流器(RSC)短接,使发电机定子侧失去了为电网提供无功的能力,风力机的低电压穿越能...经VSC-HVDC并网风电系统在风电场侧故障时,风电机组出口母线电压过低,极易引起风力机脱网。而双馈风力发电机(DFIG)传统的Crowbar技术在故障时将转子侧变流器(RSC)短接,使发电机定子侧失去了为电网提供无功的能力,风力机的低电压穿越能力较低。提出一种改进的DFIG模型,加入了主动式DC-Chopper,与传统的Crowbar相配合,降低Crowbar动作的概率,使得DFIG转子侧变流器可以控制定子侧在故障时期继续提供无功功率。并利用此改进的DFIG与VSC-HVDC协调控制,改善风电场侧母线电压水平。通过算例仿真表明,在严重故障时采用改进式DFIG的Crowbar仍未动作。从而大大降低Crowbar动作的概率,双馈风电机组RSC故障期间可以继续投入运行并为电网提供无功支持。完成故障期间DFIG两侧变流器与VSC-HVDC风电场侧变流器(WFVSC)之间的无功协调,使风电场具有更好的低电压穿越能力(Low Voltage Ride Though,LVRT)。展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2066208).
文摘Given the wide application of DC grids,the protection equipment of power grids must be improved during the fault period.This study proposes an integrated multiport flexible voltage clamp circuit breaker with a DC chopper acting on the receiving end converter to solve the DC short circuit fault and surplus power because of AC low-voltage fault;it has a modular design.As a DC circuit breaker,the device utilizes the voltage-clamping principle and thyristor semi-control to remove faults.As the fault current increases,the branch circuit outputs different voltage levels by selecting different gears,thereby controlling the voltage-clamping effect.This device can distinguish between different fault types to prevent secondary shocks in the system.As a DC chopper,the voltage at both ends of the energy dissipation resistor is varied by switching submodules,consuming surplus power to complete AC low-voltage faults and minimizing the impact of low-voltage faults on the system’s transmission capacity.Finally,the effectiveness and applicability of the equipment are verified using wind turbines connected to a flexible DC transmission three-terminal power grid model in PSCAD/EMTDC,and two fault simulation types are analyzed.A comparison of the electrical quantities(fault current,system voltage and branch voltage)of the proposed circuit breaker with other similar equipment shows that due to the efficiency of the proposed equipment,the peak fault current is reduced by at least 35.8%.The required voltage stress of key power electronic equipment is reduced by at least 71.5%.Therefore,the equipment ensures that the per-unit voltage of the DC system does not exceed 1.05 during AC fault crossing.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51877077)。
文摘To reduce the probability of commutation failure(CF)of a line commutated converter based high-voltage direct current(LCC-HVDC)transmission,a DC chopper topology composed of power consumption sub-modules based on thyristor full-bridge module(TFB-PCSM)is proposed.Firstly,the mechanism of the proposed topology to mitigate CF is analyzed,and the working modes of TFB-PCSM in different operation states are introduced.Secondly,the coordinated control strategy between the proposed DC chopper and LCC-HVDC is designed,and the voltage-current stresses of the TFB-PCSMs are investigated.Finally,the ability to mitigate the CF issues and the fault recovery performance of LCC-HVDC system are studied in PSCAD/EMTDC.The results show that the probability of CF of LCC-HVDC is significantly reduced,and the performances of fault recovery are effectively improved by the proposed DC chopper.
文摘经VSC-HVDC并网风电系统在风电场侧故障时,风电机组出口母线电压过低,极易引起风力机脱网。而双馈风力发电机(DFIG)传统的Crowbar技术在故障时将转子侧变流器(RSC)短接,使发电机定子侧失去了为电网提供无功的能力,风力机的低电压穿越能力较低。提出一种改进的DFIG模型,加入了主动式DC-Chopper,与传统的Crowbar相配合,降低Crowbar动作的概率,使得DFIG转子侧变流器可以控制定子侧在故障时期继续提供无功功率。并利用此改进的DFIG与VSC-HVDC协调控制,改善风电场侧母线电压水平。通过算例仿真表明,在严重故障时采用改进式DFIG的Crowbar仍未动作。从而大大降低Crowbar动作的概率,双馈风电机组RSC故障期间可以继续投入运行并为电网提供无功支持。完成故障期间DFIG两侧变流器与VSC-HVDC风电场侧变流器(WFVSC)之间的无功协调,使风电场具有更好的低电压穿越能力(Low Voltage Ride Though,LVRT)。
