학술논문

Enhancing Fault Ride-Through and Voltage Support Capability for MMC-HVDC Integrated Offshore Wind Farms Based on Multi-Mode Matching
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on. 15(2):1256-1268 Apr, 2024
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Geoscience
Computing and Processing
Voltage control
Power system stability
Wind farms
HVDC transmission
Reactive power
Capacitors
Surges
MMC-HVDC
wind farms
multi-mode matching
fault ride-through
voltage support
Language
ISSN
1949-3029
1949-3037
Abstract
To cope with onshore AC faults in modular multilevel converter based high voltage direct current integrated offshore wind farms (OWF-MMC-HVDC), this paper proposes a multi-mode matching control (MMMC) approach. Mode I is active energy control. It is activated at high fault levels, when the reactive power output capability of the MMC is weak. Mode I uses the MMC sub-module energy to maximise the absorption of offshore surplus power to mitigate DC overvoltage problems. Mode II is dynamic reactive current optimization (DRO) control. It is activated at medium fault levels. It dynamically optimises the MMC active and reactive current command values within the permitted current margins. This simultaneously enables voltage support to the onshore grid and maximises offshore active power output, reducing offshore surplus power. Mode III is energy coordinated synchronous (ECS) control. It is activated under more mild faults. It allows simultaneous adjustment of the energy absorption rate of the wind farm-side MMC (WFMMC) and the grid-side MMC (GSMMC). This allows the energy margin of the MMCs to be utilised more fully to improve support to the onshore grid while maintaining fault ride-through capability. Finally the correctness and validity of the proposed method was verified by the PSCAD/EMTDC.