Due to the low impedance characteristic of the high voltage direct current(HVDC)grid,the fault current rises extremely fast after a DC-side fault occurs,and this phenomenon seriously endangers the safety of the HVDC g...Due to the low impedance characteristic of the high voltage direct current(HVDC)grid,the fault current rises extremely fast after a DC-side fault occurs,and this phenomenon seriously endangers the safety of the HVDC grid.In order to suppress the rising speed of the fault current and reduce the current interruption requirements of the main breaker(MB),a fault current limiting hybrid DC circuit breaker(FCL-HCB)has been proposed in this paper,and it has the capability of bidirectional fault current limiting and fault current interruption.After the occurrence of the overcurrent in the HVDC grid,the current limiting circuit(CLC)of FCL-HCB is put into operation immediately,and whether the protected line is cut off or resumed to normal operation is decided according to the fault detection result.Compared with the traditional hybrid DC circuit breaker(HCB),the required number of semiconductor switches and the peak value of fault current after fault occurs are greatly reduced by adopting the proposed device.Extensive simulations also verify the effectiveness of the proposed FCL-HCB.展开更多
Urban rail transit is one of the most important way for urban residents. However, frequent power failure, especially the short fault hinders the safe and stable operation of rail transit. The research of the transient...Urban rail transit is one of the most important way for urban residents. However, frequent power failure, especially the short fault hinders the safe and stable operation of rail transit. The research of the transient variation of line electrical parameters in short circuit fault is the basis of researches for technology of line protection and short circuit fault location. Based on Matlab/Simulink, a 24-pulse rectifier circuit model is established, the resistance and inductance value of the catenary and rail network are calculated. The short Circuit fault simulation model of DC traction power supply system is established. The short-circuit fault of the traction network at close and distant points are simulated, the transient variation values of fault current with the different fault distance are analyzed. The simulation results show that the transient current peak of the nearby short circuit is oscillatory and convergent due to the nonlinear devices, which proves the accuracy of the model and provides a reference for the precise configuration of the line protection equipment.展开更多
In this paper, it is proved that the direction of the node-voltage difference vector, which is the difference between the node-voltage vector at faulty state and the one at the nominal state, is determined only by the...In this paper, it is proved that the direction of the node-voltage difference vector, which is the difference between the node-voltage vector at faulty state and the one at the nominal state, is determined only by the location of the faulty clement in linear analog circuits. Considering that the direction of the node-voltage sensitivity vector is the same as the one of the node-voltage difference vector and also considering that the module of the node-voltage sensitivity vector presents the weight of the parameter of faulty element deviation relative to the voltage difference, fault dictionary is set up based on node-voltage sensitivity vectors. A decision algorithm is proposed concerned with both the location and the parameter difference of the faulty element. Single fault and multi-fault can be diagnosed while the circuit parameters deviate within the tolerance range of 10 %.展开更多
For the past decades,practical calculation method of short circuit current(SCC)contributed by doubly fed induction generator(DFIG)under asymmetrical short circuit fault is deficient due to its control strategies and u...For the past decades,practical calculation method of short circuit current(SCC)contributed by doubly fed induction generator(DFIG)under asymmetrical short circuit fault is deficient due to its control strategies and unlinear equipment.Asymmetrical SCC of DFIG is much more complicated and may be higher than that of a symmetrical fault in some situations.To address the problem,analytical derivations of SCC under asymmetrical faults are presented by establishing current equations between DFIG windings and converter controller or crowbar protection.Each frequency component could be directly extracted from time-domain expressions.Furthermore,clear mathematical models of asymmetrical peak and steady-state SCC used for practical calculation of power systems are proposed.Simulation results verify the effectiveness and robustness to different parameters and fault conditions of the proposed method.Finally,the influences of possible parameters on characteristics of asymmetrical SCC are summarized based on the proposed method.展开更多
Oil immersed power transformer is the main electrical equipment in power system.Its operation reliability has an important impact on the safe operation of power system.In the process of production,installation and ope...Oil immersed power transformer is the main electrical equipment in power system.Its operation reliability has an important impact on the safe operation of power system.In the process of production,installation and operation,its insulation structure may be damaged,resulting in partial discharge and even breakdown inside the transformer.In this paper,S9-M-100/10 oil immersed distribution transformer is taken as the research object,and the distribution laws of electromagnetic field and temperature field in transformer under normal operation,inter turn short circuit and inter layer short circuit are simulated and analyzed.The simulation results show that under normal conditions,the temperatures at the oil gap between the transformer core and the high and low voltage windings and the middle position of the high-voltage winding are high.When there are inter turn and inter layer short circuit faults,the electromagnetic loss of the fault part of the transformer increases,and the temperature rises suddenly.The influence of the two faults on the internal temperature field of the transformer is different,and the influence of the inter turn short circuit fault on the temperature nearby is obvious.The analysis results can provide reference for the thermal fault interpretation and fault classification of transformer.展开更多
This paper presents a long short-term memory(LSTM)-based fault detection method to detect the multiple open-circuit switch faults of modular multilevel converter(MMC)systems with full-bridge sub-modules(FB-SMs).Eighte...This paper presents a long short-term memory(LSTM)-based fault detection method to detect the multiple open-circuit switch faults of modular multilevel converter(MMC)systems with full-bridge sub-modules(FB-SMs).Eighteen sensor signals of grid voltages,grid currents and capacitance voltages of MMC for single and multi-switch faults are collected as sampling data.The output signal characteristics of four types of single switch faults of FB-SM,as well as double switch faults in the same and different phases of MMC,are analyzed under the conditions of load variations and control command changes.A multi-layer LSTM network is devised to deeply extract the fault characteristics of MMC under different faults and operation conditions,and a Softmax layer detects the fault types.Simulation results have confirmed that the proposed LSTM-based method has better detection performance compared with three other methods:K-nearest neighbor(KNN),naive bayes(NB)and recurrent neural network(RNN).In addition,it is highly robust to model uncertainties and Gaussian noise.The validity of the proposed method is further demonstrated by experiment studies conducted on a hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)testing platform.展开更多
Critical path tracing,a fault simulation method for gate-level combinational circuits,is extended to theparallel critical path tracing for functional block-level combinational circuits.If the word length of the hostco...Critical path tracing,a fault simulation method for gate-level combinational circuits,is extended to theparallel critical path tracing for functional block-level combinational circuits.If the word length of the hostcomputer is m,then the parallel critical path tracing will be approximately m times faster than the originalone.展开更多
This paper discusses a preferable solution to mitigate the CT （current transformer） saturation problem, and at same time, reduce the accuracy errors when considering the selection of CTs for installation on the medi...This paper discusses a preferable solution to mitigate the CT （current transformer） saturation problem, and at same time, reduce the accuracy errors when considering the selection of CTs for installation on the medium voltage switchgear of a nuclear power plant. This consideration is important for both measurement and protection functions of the digital protective relays. This is a study to ascertain the best options for a suitable solution to prevent CT saturation in relations to its protective capabilities during short circuit fault without compromising the CT accuracy class during normal operation of the system, while ensuring its conformity to the design requirement is within limit. The advantages of current transformers have proven not only to be reliable and safe, but also are of easy handling, reduction of the cost and components on the MV （medium voltage） switchgear. The purpose of this research is to identify best approach to resolve the existing problems in the current protection system. With the view of LPCT （low power current transformer） which has been newly constructed by few manufacturers to provide good protection and a wide range of measuring function without errors, some other solutions will be considered in this research.展开更多
Medium voltage switchgear is widely used in distribution network. It plays the role of power distribution, measurement, control and protection circuit in residents, factories and public service facilities. However, du...Medium voltage switchgear is widely used in distribution network. It plays the role of power distribution, measurement, control and protection circuit in residents, factories and public service facilities. However, due to the high standard and complexity of the structural design of the medium voltage switchgear, some product defects will lead to a certain short circuit fault of the medium voltage switchgear. This paper analyzes the short-circuit fault of medium voltage switchgear, introduces the research on arc extinguishing technology of medium voltage switchgear, and puts forward corresponding preventive countermeasures, which is helpful to reduce the short-circuit fault of medium voltage switchgear in power grid.展开更多
Efficient quantum circuits for arithmetic operations are vital for quantum algorithms.A fault-tolerant circuit is required for a robust quantum computing in the presence of noise.Quantum circuits based on Clifford+T g...Efficient quantum circuits for arithmetic operations are vital for quantum algorithms.A fault-tolerant circuit is required for a robust quantum computing in the presence of noise.Quantum circuits based on Clifford+T gates are easily rendered faulttolerant.Therefore,reducing the T-depth and T-Count without increasing the qubit number represents vital optimization goals for quantum circuits.In this study,we propose the fault-tolerant implementations for TR and Peres gates with optimized T-depth and T-Count.Next,we design fault-tolerant circuits for quantum arithmetic operations using the TR and Peres gates.Then,we implement cyclic and complete translations of quantum images using quantum arithmetic operations,and the scalar matrix multiplication.Comparative analysis and simulation results reveal that the proposed arithmetic and image operations are efficient.For instance,cyclic translations of a quantum image produce 50%T-depth reduction relative to the previous best-known cyclic translation.展开更多
This paper deals with two new methods,based on k-NN algorithm,for fault detection and classification in distance protection.In these methods,by finding the distance between each sample and its fifth nearest neighbor i...This paper deals with two new methods,based on k-NN algorithm,for fault detection and classification in distance protection.In these methods,by finding the distance between each sample and its fifth nearest neighbor in a predefault window,the fault occurrence time and the faulty phases are determined.The maximum value of the distances in case of detection and classification procedures is compared with pre-defined threshold values.The main advantages of these methods are:simplicity,low calculation burden,acceptable accuracy,and speed.The performance of the proposed scheme is tested on a typical system in MATLAB Simulink.Various possible fault types in different fault resistances,fault inception angles,fault locations,short circuit levels,X/R ratios,source load angles are simulated.In addition,the performance of similar six well-known classification techniques is compared with the proposed classification method using plenty of simulation data.展开更多
A novel approach by introducing a statistical parameter to estimate the severity of incipient stator inter-turn short circuit(ITSC)faults in induction motors(IMs)is proposed.Determining the incipient ITSC fault and it...A novel approach by introducing a statistical parameter to estimate the severity of incipient stator inter-turn short circuit(ITSC)faults in induction motors(IMs)is proposed.Determining the incipient ITSC fault and its severity is challenging for several reasons.The stator currents in the healthy and faulty cases are highly similar during the primary stage of the fault.Moreover,the conventional statistical parameters resulting from the analysis of fault signals do not consistently show a systematic variation with respect to the increase in fault intensity.The objective of this study is the early detection of incipient ITSC faults.Furthermore,it aims to determine the percentage of shorted turns in the faulty phase,which acts as an indicator for severe damage to the stator winding.Modeling of the motor in healthy and defective cases is performed using the Clarke Concordia transform.A discrete wavelet transform is applied to the motor currents using a Daubechies-8 wavelet.The statistical parameters L1 and L2 norms are computed for the detailed coefficients.These parameters are obtained under a variety of loads and defects to acquire the most accurate and generalized features related to the fault.Combining L1 and L2 norms creates a novel statistical parameter with notable characteristics to achieve the research aim.An artificial neural network-based back propagation algorithm is employed as a classifier to implement the classification process.The classifier output defines the percentage of defective turns with a high level of accuracy.The competency of the adopted methodology is validated via simulations and experiments.The results confirm the merits of the proposed method,with a classification test correctness of 95.29%.展开更多
A conventional hybrid circuit breaker(HCB)is used to protect a voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current transmission system(VSC-HVDC)from a short circuit fault.With the increased converter capacity,t...A conventional hybrid circuit breaker(HCB)is used to protect a voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current transmission system(VSC-HVDC)from a short circuit fault.With the increased converter capacity,the DC protection equipment also requires a regular upgrade.This paper adopts a novel type of HCB with a fault current limiter circuit(FCLC),and focuses on the responses of voltage and current during DC faults,which are associated with parameter selection.PSCAD/EMTDC based simulation of a three-terminal VSC-HVDC system confirms the effectiveness and value of HCB with FCLC,by using an equivalent circuit modelling approach.Laboratory experimental tests validate the simulation results.The peak fault current is reduced according to the current limiting inductor(CLI)increase,and can be isolated more quickly.By adopting parallel metal oxide arrester(MOA)with the main branch of HCB,voltage stresses across the breaker components decrease during transient and continuous operation,and less energy needs to be dissipated by the MOA.The remnant current for all cases is transmitted to power dissipating resis-tor(PDR)in the final stage,and the fault current is reduced to the lowest possible value.When the current from the main branch is transferred to the FCLC branch,transient voltage spikes occur,while smaller PDR is required to absorb current in the final stage.展开更多
The DC fault characteristics of voltage source converter based high voltage direct current(VSC-HVDC)systems are analyzed in this paper.The phenomenon whereby the capacitor on DC side discharges quickly during a DC fau...The DC fault characteristics of voltage source converter based high voltage direct current(VSC-HVDC)systems are analyzed in this paper.The phenomenon whereby the capacitor on DC side discharges quickly during a DC fault contributes to a large short-circuit fault current.Neither traditional DC breakers nor DC switches can cut off the fault current under this condition.A fast solid state DC breaker design method is proposed in this paper.This method is based on the fault current characteristics of the inverter in multi-terminal HVDC systems(MTDC),where a fault current appears at the natural zerocrossing point near the inverter.At this point,by coordinating the AC breakers near the rectifier,the DC breaker could reliably cut off the DC fault current and protect the system.A detailed model for this fast solid state DC breaker and its operation sequence are studied,based on this design method.Simulations modeling a five-terminal meshed DC grid and a fast DC breaker were carried out with PSCAD/EMTDC using this design method.The results from the simulations confirmed the validity of the design method.展开更多
基金This project is funded by the Dongying Science Development Fund Project(DJ2021013).
文摘Due to the low impedance characteristic of the high voltage direct current(HVDC)grid,the fault current rises extremely fast after a DC-side fault occurs,and this phenomenon seriously endangers the safety of the HVDC grid.In order to suppress the rising speed of the fault current and reduce the current interruption requirements of the main breaker(MB),a fault current limiting hybrid DC circuit breaker(FCL-HCB)has been proposed in this paper,and it has the capability of bidirectional fault current limiting and fault current interruption.After the occurrence of the overcurrent in the HVDC grid,the current limiting circuit(CLC)of FCL-HCB is put into operation immediately,and whether the protected line is cut off or resumed to normal operation is decided according to the fault detection result.Compared with the traditional hybrid DC circuit breaker(HCB),the required number of semiconductor switches and the peak value of fault current after fault occurs are greatly reduced by adopting the proposed device.Extensive simulations also verify the effectiveness of the proposed FCL-HCB.
文摘Urban rail transit is one of the most important way for urban residents. However, frequent power failure, especially the short fault hinders the safe and stable operation of rail transit. The research of the transient variation of line electrical parameters in short circuit fault is the basis of researches for technology of line protection and short circuit fault location. Based on Matlab/Simulink, a 24-pulse rectifier circuit model is established, the resistance and inductance value of the catenary and rail network are calculated. The short Circuit fault simulation model of DC traction power supply system is established. The short-circuit fault of the traction network at close and distant points are simulated, the transient variation values of fault current with the different fault distance are analyzed. The simulation results show that the transient current peak of the nearby short circuit is oscillatory and convergent due to the nonlinear devices, which proves the accuracy of the model and provides a reference for the precise configuration of the line protection equipment.
基金supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University under Grant No.NCET-05-0804
文摘In this paper, it is proved that the direction of the node-voltage difference vector, which is the difference between the node-voltage vector at faulty state and the one at the nominal state, is determined only by the location of the faulty clement in linear analog circuits. Considering that the direction of the node-voltage sensitivity vector is the same as the one of the node-voltage difference vector and also considering that the module of the node-voltage sensitivity vector presents the weight of the parameter of faulty element deviation relative to the voltage difference, fault dictionary is set up based on node-voltage sensitivity vectors. A decision algorithm is proposed concerned with both the location and the parameter difference of the faulty element. Single fault and multi-fault can be diagnosed while the circuit parameters deviate within the tolerance range of 10 %.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Project of State Grid Corporation of China:Deepening Research and Application of Short-circuit Current Calculation Method in Power Electronics Dominated Power Systems(5100-202055439A-0-0-00)。
文摘For the past decades,practical calculation method of short circuit current(SCC)contributed by doubly fed induction generator(DFIG)under asymmetrical short circuit fault is deficient due to its control strategies and unlinear equipment.Asymmetrical SCC of DFIG is much more complicated and may be higher than that of a symmetrical fault in some situations.To address the problem,analytical derivations of SCC under asymmetrical faults are presented by establishing current equations between DFIG windings and converter controller or crowbar protection.Each frequency component could be directly extracted from time-domain expressions.Furthermore,clear mathematical models of asymmetrical peak and steady-state SCC used for practical calculation of power systems are proposed.Simulation results verify the effectiveness and robustness to different parameters and fault conditions of the proposed method.Finally,the influences of possible parameters on characteristics of asymmetrical SCC are summarized based on the proposed method.
基金Science and Technology Project of State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company(No.52272219000Q)。
文摘Oil immersed power transformer is the main electrical equipment in power system.Its operation reliability has an important impact on the safe operation of power system.In the process of production,installation and operation,its insulation structure may be damaged,resulting in partial discharge and even breakdown inside the transformer.In this paper,S9-M-100/10 oil immersed distribution transformer is taken as the research object,and the distribution laws of electromagnetic field and temperature field in transformer under normal operation,inter turn short circuit and inter layer short circuit are simulated and analyzed.The simulation results show that under normal conditions,the temperatures at the oil gap between the transformer core and the high and low voltage windings and the middle position of the high-voltage winding are high.When there are inter turn and inter layer short circuit faults,the electromagnetic loss of the fault part of the transformer increases,and the temperature rises suddenly.The influence of the two faults on the internal temperature field of the transformer is different,and the influence of the inter turn short circuit fault on the temperature nearby is obvious.The analysis results can provide reference for the thermal fault interpretation and fault classification of transformer.
基金supported in part by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under Grand No.2020A1515111100in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 52207106in part the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CSEE under Grant CSEE-YESS-2022019.
文摘This paper presents a long short-term memory(LSTM)-based fault detection method to detect the multiple open-circuit switch faults of modular multilevel converter(MMC)systems with full-bridge sub-modules(FB-SMs).Eighteen sensor signals of grid voltages,grid currents and capacitance voltages of MMC for single and multi-switch faults are collected as sampling data.The output signal characteristics of four types of single switch faults of FB-SM,as well as double switch faults in the same and different phases of MMC,are analyzed under the conditions of load variations and control command changes.A multi-layer LSTM network is devised to deeply extract the fault characteristics of MMC under different faults and operation conditions,and a Softmax layer detects the fault types.Simulation results have confirmed that the proposed LSTM-based method has better detection performance compared with three other methods:K-nearest neighbor(KNN),naive bayes(NB)and recurrent neural network(RNN).In addition,it is highly robust to model uncertainties and Gaussian noise.The validity of the proposed method is further demonstrated by experiment studies conducted on a hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)testing platform.
基金The project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘Critical path tracing,a fault simulation method for gate-level combinational circuits,is extended to theparallel critical path tracing for functional block-level combinational circuits.If the word length of the hostcomputer is m,then the parallel critical path tracing will be approximately m times faster than the originalone.
文摘This paper discusses a preferable solution to mitigate the CT （current transformer） saturation problem, and at same time, reduce the accuracy errors when considering the selection of CTs for installation on the medium voltage switchgear of a nuclear power plant. This consideration is important for both measurement and protection functions of the digital protective relays. This is a study to ascertain the best options for a suitable solution to prevent CT saturation in relations to its protective capabilities during short circuit fault without compromising the CT accuracy class during normal operation of the system, while ensuring its conformity to the design requirement is within limit. The advantages of current transformers have proven not only to be reliable and safe, but also are of easy handling, reduction of the cost and components on the MV （medium voltage） switchgear. The purpose of this research is to identify best approach to resolve the existing problems in the current protection system. With the view of LPCT （low power current transformer） which has been newly constructed by few manufacturers to provide good protection and a wide range of measuring function without errors, some other solutions will be considered in this research.
文摘Medium voltage switchgear is widely used in distribution network. It plays the role of power distribution, measurement, control and protection circuit in residents, factories and public service facilities. However, due to the high standard and complexity of the structural design of the medium voltage switchgear, some product defects will lead to a certain short circuit fault of the medium voltage switchgear. This paper analyzes the short-circuit fault of medium voltage switchgear, introduces the research on arc extinguishing technology of medium voltage switchgear, and puts forward corresponding preventive countermeasures, which is helpful to reduce the short-circuit fault of medium voltage switchgear in power grid.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61762012,and 61763014)the Science and Technology Project of Guangxi(Grant No.2018JJA170083)+3 种基金the National Key Research and Development Plan(Grant Nos.2018YFC1200200,and 2018YFC1200205)the Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangxi Province(Grant No.2018ACB2101)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province of China(Grant No.20192BAB207014)the Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department(Grant No.GJJ190297)。
文摘Efficient quantum circuits for arithmetic operations are vital for quantum algorithms.A fault-tolerant circuit is required for a robust quantum computing in the presence of noise.Quantum circuits based on Clifford+T gates are easily rendered faulttolerant.Therefore,reducing the T-depth and T-Count without increasing the qubit number represents vital optimization goals for quantum circuits.In this study,we propose the fault-tolerant implementations for TR and Peres gates with optimized T-depth and T-Count.Next,we design fault-tolerant circuits for quantum arithmetic operations using the TR and Peres gates.Then,we implement cyclic and complete translations of quantum images using quantum arithmetic operations,and the scalar matrix multiplication.Comparative analysis and simulation results reveal that the proposed arithmetic and image operations are efficient.For instance,cyclic translations of a quantum image produce 50%T-depth reduction relative to the previous best-known cyclic translation.
文摘This paper deals with two new methods,based on k-NN algorithm,for fault detection and classification in distance protection.In these methods,by finding the distance between each sample and its fifth nearest neighbor in a predefault window,the fault occurrence time and the faulty phases are determined.The maximum value of the distances in case of detection and classification procedures is compared with pre-defined threshold values.The main advantages of these methods are:simplicity,low calculation burden,acceptable accuracy,and speed.The performance of the proposed scheme is tested on a typical system in MATLAB Simulink.Various possible fault types in different fault resistances,fault inception angles,fault locations,short circuit levels,X/R ratios,source load angles are simulated.In addition,the performance of similar six well-known classification techniques is compared with the proposed classification method using plenty of simulation data.
文摘A novel approach by introducing a statistical parameter to estimate the severity of incipient stator inter-turn short circuit(ITSC)faults in induction motors(IMs)is proposed.Determining the incipient ITSC fault and its severity is challenging for several reasons.The stator currents in the healthy and faulty cases are highly similar during the primary stage of the fault.Moreover,the conventional statistical parameters resulting from the analysis of fault signals do not consistently show a systematic variation with respect to the increase in fault intensity.The objective of this study is the early detection of incipient ITSC faults.Furthermore,it aims to determine the percentage of shorted turns in the faulty phase,which acts as an indicator for severe damage to the stator winding.Modeling of the motor in healthy and defective cases is performed using the Clarke Concordia transform.A discrete wavelet transform is applied to the motor currents using a Daubechies-8 wavelet.The statistical parameters L1 and L2 norms are computed for the detailed coefficients.These parameters are obtained under a variety of loads and defects to acquire the most accurate and generalized features related to the fault.Combining L1 and L2 norms creates a novel statistical parameter with notable characteristics to achieve the research aim.An artificial neural network-based back propagation algorithm is employed as a classifier to implement the classification process.The classifier output defines the percentage of defective turns with a high level of accuracy.The competency of the adopted methodology is validated via simulations and experiments.The results confirm the merits of the proposed method,with a classification test correctness of 95.29%.
基金supported express by The National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFB1503000,2018YFB1503001)The Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Program (20dz1206100).
文摘A conventional hybrid circuit breaker(HCB)is used to protect a voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current transmission system(VSC-HVDC)from a short circuit fault.With the increased converter capacity,the DC protection equipment also requires a regular upgrade.This paper adopts a novel type of HCB with a fault current limiter circuit(FCLC),and focuses on the responses of voltage and current during DC faults,which are associated with parameter selection.PSCAD/EMTDC based simulation of a three-terminal VSC-HVDC system confirms the effectiveness and value of HCB with FCLC,by using an equivalent circuit modelling approach.Laboratory experimental tests validate the simulation results.The peak fault current is reduced according to the current limiting inductor(CLI)increase,and can be isolated more quickly.By adopting parallel metal oxide arrester(MOA)with the main branch of HCB,voltage stresses across the breaker components decrease during transient and continuous operation,and less energy needs to be dissipated by the MOA.The remnant current for all cases is transmitted to power dissipating resis-tor(PDR)in the final stage,and the fault current is reduced to the lowest possible value.When the current from the main branch is transferred to the FCLC branch,transient voltage spikes occur,while smaller PDR is required to absorb current in the final stage.
基金This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under the contract 51261130484by State Grid Corporation of China under the contract State Grid Research 304(2013).
文摘The DC fault characteristics of voltage source converter based high voltage direct current(VSC-HVDC)systems are analyzed in this paper.The phenomenon whereby the capacitor on DC side discharges quickly during a DC fault contributes to a large short-circuit fault current.Neither traditional DC breakers nor DC switches can cut off the fault current under this condition.A fast solid state DC breaker design method is proposed in this paper.This method is based on the fault current characteristics of the inverter in multi-terminal HVDC systems(MTDC),where a fault current appears at the natural zerocrossing point near the inverter.At this point,by coordinating the AC breakers near the rectifier,the DC breaker could reliably cut off the DC fault current and protect the system.A detailed model for this fast solid state DC breaker and its operation sequence are studied,based on this design method.Simulations modeling a five-terminal meshed DC grid and a fast DC breaker were carried out with PSCAD/EMTDC using this design method.The results from the simulations confirmed the validity of the design method.
