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http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/JPE.2015.15.5.1367

Investigation of a Hybrid HVDC System with DC Fault Ride-Through and Commutation Failure Mitigation Capability  

Guo, Chunyi (State Key Laboratory for Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University)
Zhao, Chengyong (State Key Laboratory for Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University)
Peng, Maolan (Maintenance and Test Center of Extra High Voltage Power Transmission Company of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd)
Liu, Wei (State Key Laboratory for Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University)
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Journal of Power Electronics / v.15, no.5, 2015 , pp. 1367-1379 More about this Journal
Abstract
A hybrid HVDC system that is composed of line commutated converter (LCC) at the rectifier side and voltage source converter (VSC) in series with LCC at the inverter side is studied in this paper. The start-up strategy, DC fault ride-through capability, and fault recovery strategy for the hybrid HVDC system are proposed. The steady state and dynamic performances under start-up, AC fault, and DC fault scenarios are analyzed based on a bipolar hybrid HVDC system. Furthermore, the immunity of the LCC inverter in hybrid HVDC to commutation failure is investigated. The simulation results in PSCAD/EMTDC show that the hybrid HVDC system exhibits favorable steady state and dynamic performances, in particular, low susceptibility to commutation failure, excellent DC fault ride-through, and fast fault recovery capability. Results also indicate that the hybrid HVDC system can be a good alternative for large-capacity power transmission over a long distance byoverhead line.
Keywords
Commutation failure; DC fault ride-through; hybrid HVDC; Line commutated converter; Voltage sourced converter;
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