• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.547-557
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• 2018

This work proposes a control method of frequency stabilization for grid integration of large-scale wind farms via the voltage source converter-based high-voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) technology. First, the topology of grid integration of a large-scale wind farm via the VSC-HVDC link is provided, and simple control strategies for wind turbines, wind farm side VSC (WFVSC), and grid side VSC are presented. Second, a mathematical model between the phase angle of WFVSC and the frequency of the wind farm is established. The control principle of the large-scale wind power integrated system is analyzed in theory in accordance with the mathematical model. Third, frequency and AC voltage controllers of WFVSC are designed based on the mathematical model of the relationships between the phase angle of WFVSC and the frequency of the wind farm, and between the modulation index of WFVSC and the voltage of the wind farm. Corresponding controller structures are established by deriving a transfer function, and an optimization method for selecting the parameters of the frequency controller is presented. Finally, a case study is performed under different operating conditions by using the DIgSILENT/PowerFactory software. Results show that the proposed control method has good performance in the frequency stabilization of the large-scale wind power integrated system via the VSC-HVDC technology.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.540-541
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 PSCAD/EMTDC를 이용하여 MMC(Modular Multi-level Converter)를 기반으로 한 HVDC 시스템 시뮬레이션 모델을 개발하였다. 스위칭 레벨의 동작을 분석하기 위해 각 ARM당 10개의 SM(Sub-Module)과 2개의 RM(Redundancy-Module)을 구성하여 11-level의 MMC 출력 전압을 형성하였다. SM 동작시 발생하는 전압 불균등 문제를 해결하기 위하여 밸런싱 알고리즘을 적용하였으며, SM의 출력 전압에 발생하는 Ripple을 고려하여 Capacitor의 용량을 설계하고 이를 검증하였다. 또한 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 HVDC 성능 분석과 MMC의 성능개선을 위한 순환전류 알고리즘 및 Redundancy 투입 알고리즘을 구현하고 그 결과를 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.386-387
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• 2011

HVDC 프로젝트마다 제어기가 달라지게 된다. 따라서 HVDC 설비를 위한 전용의 해석 모델이 존재하지 않는다. 설비의 동특성을 모의하기 위해 모델 라이브러리가 없는 상황이 도래하면, 범용 모델에 적합하도록 데이터를 수정하는 방법과 UDM(User Define Model)을 개발하는 방법이 있다. UDM을 개발하는 것이 바람직하지만, 개발기간이 길고 UDM에 대한 검증의 필요성 때문에 범용 모델에 맞도록 데이터를 수정해야 할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 논문에 PSS/E 결과 데이터 또는 EMTDC 결과 데이터를 이용하여 CDC4 모델의 파라미터를 산정하는 방안을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.1450-1458
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• 2018

Commutation failures can deteriorate the availability of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links and may lead to outage of the HVDC system. Most commutation failures are caused by voltage reduction due to ac system faults on inverter side. The commutation failure process can be divided into two stages. The first stage, from the occurrence to the clearing of faults, is called 'Deterioration Stage'. The second stage, from the faults clearing to restoring the power system stability, is called 'Recovery Stage'. Based on the analysis of the commutation failure process, this paper proposes a direct-current fuzzy controller including prevention and recovery controller. The prevention controller reduces the direct current to prevent Commutation failures in the 'Deterioration Stage' according to the variation of ac voltage. The recovery controller magnifies the direct current to speed up the recovery of power system in the 'Recovery Stage', based on the recovery of direct voltage. The validity of this proposed fuzzy controller is further proved by simulation with CIGRE HVDC benchmark model in PSCAD/EMTDC. The results show the commutation failures can be mitigated by the proposed direct-current fuzzy controller.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.533-541
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• 2011

This paper studies modeling of Jeju 80kV HVDC system and its controller by using PSCAD/EMTDC program. Reduced ac network is applied to verify interaction between ac network and dc system. Design parameter is applied to the converter transformer, harmonic filter and dc transmisstion line to simulate dc system. HVDC controller is divided into a rectifier controller and a inverter controller according to the converter operating mode. The inverter controller is composed of current control, voltage control and extingtion angle control. The rectifier controller is composed of current control and voltage control. Both controller has VDCOL characteristics so that current order is dependant on voltage variation. Step response, ac network single phase fault, three phase fault is simulated to verify the dynamic performance of controller model in both transient state and steady state.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.1471-1481
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• 2014

This paper presents the new power dissipation model of individual switching device in a high-level modular multilevel converter (MMC), which can be mostly used in voltage sourced converter (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system and flexible AC transmission system (FACTS). Also, the voltage balancing method based on sorting algorithm is newly proposed to advance the MMC functionalities by effectively adjusting switching variations of the sub-module (SM). The proposed power dissipation model does not fully calculate the average power dissipation for numerous switching devices in an arm module. Instead, it estimates the power dissipation of every switching element based on the inherent operational principle of SM in MMC. In other words, the power dissipation is computed in every single switching event by using the polynomial curve fitting model with minimum computational efforts and high accuracy, which are required to manage the large number of SMs. After estimating the value of power dissipation, the thermal condition of every switching element is considered in the case of external disturbance. Then, the arm modeling for high-level MMC and its control scheme is implemented with the electromagnetic transient simulation program. Finally, the case study for applying to the MMC based HVDC system is carried out to select the appropriate insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module in a steady-state, as well as to estimate the proper thermal condition of every switching element in a transient state.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.225-233
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• 2018

This paper proposes a universal system control strategy for voltage source converter (VSC) based high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems. The framework of the designed control strategy consists of five layer structures considering the topology and control characteristics of the VSC-HVDC system. The control commands sent from the topmost layer can be transmitted to the next layer based on the existing communication system. When the commands are sent to each substation, the following transmission of commands between the four lower layers are realized using the internal communication system while ignoring the communication delay. This hierarchical control strategy can be easily applied to any VSC-HVDC system with any topology. Furthermore, an integrated controller for each converter is designed and implemented considering all of the possible operating states. The modular-designed integrated controller makes it quite easy to extend its operating states if necessary, and it is available for any kind of VSC. A detailed model of a VSC-HVDC system containing a DC hub is built in the PSCAD/EMTDC environment. Simulation results based on three operating conditions (the start-up process, the voltage margin control method and the master-slave control method) demonstrate the flexibility and validity of the proposed control strategy.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.5
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• pp.676-682
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• 2012

To review application of HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) transmission line to HVAC T/L in operation, reduced-scale model was designed and manufactured. The arms of model were designed to change height and interval of conductors. Electrical environmental interferences were estimated by various configuration of AC 345kV and DC 250kV T/L. The interferences such as electric field intensity and ion current density were measured and converted reduced-scale factor to full-scaled. Additionally, effects between AC and DC T/L were studied.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.225-230
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• 2001

In this paper, a method for optimal design of PID controller using the immune algorithm(IA) has been proposed to improve the stability of A.C.-D.C. power system. The process of this study is composed of formulation of basic controls on HVDC transmission system, mathematical model preparation for stability analysis, and supplementary signal control by an optimal PID controller using the IA. The dynamic property was verified through computer simulations regarding transient stability.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.876-883
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• 2012

The paper investigates three types of transfer function methods for detecting displacements of winding in a model transformer. To acquire these transfer functions, the measuring method of input voltage, current and its response is used in impulse method. The applied impulse voltages had three rising times, which were short rising time (less than 0.6 ${\mu}s$), medium rising time (about 0.8 ${\mu}s$) and long rising time (about 1 ${\mu}s$) in front waves. Every 10 measurements of voltage and current waves were averaged from 50 measurements of voltage and current waves. These transfer functions were tested in normal, 24mm elevated and 48mm elevated windings conditions and were analyzed with correlation coefficients and spectrum deviations. In the analysis, the results depend on the types of transfer functions and the rising times of input voltages.