Electronic Science and Technology ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (11): 66-75.doi: 10.16180/j.cnki.issn1007-7820.2023.11.010

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Circulating Current Suppression Strategy for MMC-HVDC Converter Station under Asymmetric Grid Voltage

WANG Zhongyang,YAO Lei,LI Tianhao,GAO Shang   

  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • Received:2022-07-01 Online:2023-11-15 Published:2023-11-20
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(51707121)

Abstract:

The flexible DC transmission system using modular multilevel converter technology has the problem of bridge arm circulation when the system is running. By analyzing the instantaneous energy of the bridge arm under the asymmetric grid voltage, it is concluded that there are double-frequency positive, negative and zero sequence AC components and DC components in the bridge arm circulating current, and the distribution of the DC components is not equal. To solve the problem of the precise control of AC components, an AC controller based on expected transient amplitude response is proposed. By analyzing the open and closed loop characteristics of the system, it is theoretically proved that the AC controller has the advantages of high control accuracy and good stability. Furtherly, a new circulating current suppression strategy based on the controller is proposed. This strategy can directly control the bridge arm of each phase independently in abc three-phase stationary coordinate without coordinate transformation and phase lock loop. The control structure is simple and can eliminate double-frequency positive, negative and zero sequence circulations at the same time. A 51-level back-to-back transmission system model is built in the MATLAB/Simulink simulation platform, and the correctness and effectiveness of the circulation suppression strategy are verified.

Key words: modular multilevel converter, flexible DC transmission system, asymmetric grid voltage, bridge arm circulation, expected transient amplitude response, open and closed loop characteristics, circulating current suppression, MATLAB/Simulink

CLC Number: 

  • TP202+.1