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A Selective Fault Clearing Scheme for a Hybrid VSC-LCC Multi-Terminal HVdc System

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  • Naushath M. Haleem

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada)

  • Athula D. Rajapakse

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada)

  • Aniruddha M. Gole

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada)

  • Ioni T. Fernando

    (Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg, MB R3C0G8, Canada)

Abstract

A selective fault clearing scheme is proposed for a hybrid voltage source converter (VSC)-line commutated converter (LCC) multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVdc) transmission structure in which two small capacity VSC stations tap into the main transmission line of a high capacity LCC-HVdc link. The use of dc circuit breakers (dc CBs) on the branches connecting to VSCs at the tapping points is explored to minimize the impact of tapping on the reliability of the main LCC link. This arrangement allows clearing of temporary faults on the main LCC line as usual by force retardation of the LCC rectifier. The faults on the branches connecting to VSC stations can be cleared by blocking insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and opening ac circuit breakers (ac CB), without affecting the main line’s performance. A local voltage and current measurement based fault discrimination scheme is developed to identify the faulted sections and pole(s), and trigger appropriate fault recovery functions. This fault discrimination scheme is capable of detecting and discriminating short circuits and high resistances faults in any branch well before 2 ms. For the test grid considered, 6 kA, 2 ms dc CBs can easily facilitate the intended fault clearing functions and maintain the power transfer through healthy pole during single-pole faults.

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  • Naushath M. Haleem & Athula D. Rajapakse & Aniruddha M. Gole & Ioni T. Fernando, 2020. "A Selective Fault Clearing Scheme for a Hybrid VSC-LCC Multi-Terminal HVdc System," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-21, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:14:p:3554-:d:382765
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    1. Liang Xiao & Yan Li & Huangqing Xiao & Zheren Zhang & Zheng Xu, 2018. "Electromechanical Transient Modeling of Line Commutated Converter-Modular Multilevel Converter-Based Hybrid Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-18, August.
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