Robust decentralized approach to interaction mitigation in VSC-HVDC grids through impedance minimization
An interconnection of independently designed voltage source converters (VSCs) and their control in high voltage DC grids can result in network-level detrimental interactions and even instability. In many cases, vendors are not willing to share proprietary information about their designs in a manner...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repository: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/186736 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/186736 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2020.104346 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Electric current converters Robust control H [infinity symbol] control VSC-HVDC transmission Multivariable control Impedance-based analysis H-infinity Convertidors de corrent elèctric Control de robustesa H [símbol d'infinit], Control d' Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica::Alta tensió |
| Summary: | An interconnection of independently designed voltage source converters (VSCs) and their control in high voltage DC grids can result in network-level detrimental interactions and even instability. In many cases, vendors are not willing to share proprietary information about their designs in a manner that allows the entire system to be designed considering the collective dynamics. Besides, such an endeavour is not realistic. In this paper, robust network-level global controllers are proposed to decouple interacting VSCs through an impedance shaping technique. Particularly, the global controllers are designed without any need to establish the internal controller structure of any VSC which is often proprietary. Rather, the global controllers rely on the externally measurable feedback impedance of each VSC in stand-alone and the rest of the system. It is demonstrated how robust convex optimization framework can be exploited to robustly shape global feedback impedances to obtain a decoupled network. The synthesized controllers are validated through nonlinear simulations of the physical model |
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