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Technical Assessment of Hybrid HVDC Circuit Breaker Components under M-HVDC Faults

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  • Saqib Khalid

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan)

  • Ali Raza

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan)

  • Umar Alqasemi

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia)

  • Nebras Sobahi

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia)

  • Muhammad Zain Yousaf

    (School of Electrical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530600, China)

  • Ghulam Abbas

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan)

  • Mohsin Jamil

    (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada)

Abstract

One of the technical challenges that needs to be addressed for the future of the multi-terminal high voltage direct current (M-HVDC) grid is DC fault isolation. In this regard, HVDC circuit breakers (DCCBs), particularly hybrid circuit breakers (H-DCCBs), are paramount. The H-DCCB, proposed by the ABB, has the potential to ensure a reliable and safer grid operation, mainly due to its millisecond-level current interruption capability and lower on-state losses as compared to electromechanical and solid-state based DCCBs. This paper aims to study and evaluate the operational parameters, e.g., electrical, and thermal stresses on the IGBT valves and energy absorbed by the surge arrestors within H-DCCB during different DC fault scenarios. A comprehensive set of modeling requirements matching with operational conditions are developed. A meshed four-terminal HVDC test bench consisting of twelve H-DCCBs is designed in PSCAD/EMTDC to study the impacts of the M-HVDC grid on the operational parameters of H-DCCB. Thus, the system under study is tested for different current interruption scenarios under a (i) low impedance fault current and (ii) high impedance fault current. Both grid-level and self-level protection strategies are implemented for each type of DC fault.

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  • Saqib Khalid & Ali Raza & Umar Alqasemi & Nebras Sobahi & Muhammad Zain Yousaf & Ghulam Abbas & Mohsin Jamil, 2021. "Technical Assessment of Hybrid HVDC Circuit Breaker Components under M-HVDC Faults," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:23:p:8148-:d:695495
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    1. Morteza Hesami & Ali Bakhshi & Sheyda Mousavi & Kumars Rouzbehi & Juan Manuel Escaño, 2021. "HVDC Breaker Power Loss Reduction by Bridge-Type Hybrid Breakers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-12, March.
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    1. Sang-Yong Park & Geon-Woong Kim & Ji-Sol Jeong & Hyo-Sang Choi, 2022. "The Modeling of the LC Divergence Oscillation Circuit of a Superconducting DC Circuit Breaker Using PSCAD/EMTDC," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-14, January.
    2. Hyeon-Seung Lee & Young-Maan Cho & Kun-A Lee & Jae-Ho Rhee, 2022. "Fast Fault Detection and Active Isolation of Bidirectional Z-Source Circuit Breaker with Mechanical Switch," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-14, November.
    3. Rodolfo Araneo & Salvatore Celozzi & Stefano Lauria & Erika Stracqualursi & Gianfranco Di Lorenzo & Marco Graziani, 2022. "Recent Trends in Power Systems Modeling and Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-7, December.

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