Implementation of DC/DC converters in hybrid LCC-VSC HVDC grids

This Master Thesis presents the modelling, control and simulation of a hybrid multi-terminal High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) grid. This network is composed by two point-to-point lines linked by a DC/DC converter. One point-to-point line is based on Line-Commutated Converters (LCC) and the other o...

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Autor: Arévalo Soler, Josep
Formato: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/182322
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/182322
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Electric current converters
DC-to-DC converters
Convertidors de corrent elèctric
Convertidors continu-continu
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica
Descrição
Resumo:This Master Thesis presents the modelling, control and simulation of a hybrid multi-terminal High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) grid. This network is composed by two point-to-point lines linked by a DC/DC converter. One point-to-point line is based on Line-Commutated Converters (LCC) and the other one is based on Voltage Source Converters (VSC), modeled as Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC). These two technologies are the most used ones in HVDC. The DC/DC converters chosen to analyze the multi-terminal grid are the Front-to-Front MMC and the DC-MMC. In order to achieve the final multi-terminal HVDC grid, the basics of both HVDC technologies are studied. It also includes the modelling, control and simulation of two point-to-point lines. One for LCC technology and the other one for VSC technology. The principles of DC/DC converters are also studied, including the modelling and control of a Front-to-Front MMC converter and a DC-MMC converter. Finally, simulations of the multi-terminal grid are performed with Matlab Simulink in di↵erent scenarios, including four cases for each DC/DC converter. In these di↵erent cases the DC/DC converter is placed regulating the DC voltage or controlling the power flow in the di↵erent point-to-point links.