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Analysis of Fault and Protection Strategy of a Converter Station in MMC-HVDC System

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  • Chong Zhao

    (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Siyu Jiang

    (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Yu Xie

    (School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Longze Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Delong Zhang

    (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Yiyi Ma

    (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Yan Zhang

    (School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
    Beijing Key Laboratory of New Energy and Low-Carbon Development, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Meicheng Li

    (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

Abstract

With the development of power energy technology, flexible high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with high control degree of freedom flexibility, power supply to passive systems, small footprint, and other advantages stand out in the field of long-distance large-capacity transmission engineering. HVDC transmission technology based on a modular multilevel converter has been widely used in power grids due to its advantages such as large transmission capacity, less harmonic content, low switching loss, and wide application field. In the modular multilevel converter (MMC)-based HVDC system, the protection strategy of converter station internal faults is directly related to the reliability and security of the power transmission system. Starting from the MMC topological structure, this paper establishes the MMC mathematical model in a synchronous rotation coordinate system by combining the working state of sub-modules and the relationship between each variable of the upper and lower bridge arms of each phase of the MMC. It provides a theoretical basis for the design of the MMC-HVDC control system. The causes of the AC system faults and the internal faults of the converter station in the MMC-HVDC system are analyzed, and the sub-module faults and bridge arm reactor faults in the converter station are studied. The sub-module redundancy protection and bridge arm overcurrent protection strategies are designed for the faults, and the correctness of the scheme is verified by Matlab/Simulink.

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  • Chong Zhao & Siyu Jiang & Yu Xie & Longze Wang & Delong Zhang & Yiyi Ma & Yan Zhang & Meicheng Li, 2022. "Analysis of Fault and Protection Strategy of a Converter Station in MMC-HVDC System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-19, April.
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