DC Admittance Model of VSCs for Stability Studies in VSC-HVDC Systems

High-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems linked to AC grids with converters are promising energy transmission systems. These systems present complex AC- and DC-side dynamic interactions. Impedance-based stability studies have recently been proposed to assess DC-side dynamics from DC-side character...

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Autores: Pedra Durán, Joaquim|||0000-0003-2890-8160, Sainz Sapera, Luis|||0000-0002-5670-0669, Monjo Mur, Lluís|||0000-0001-6106-097X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/394128
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/394128
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16145457
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electric power distribution--High tension
Electric networks--Stability
Impedance modeling
Voltage source converters
HVDC transmission
Energia elèctrica--Distribució--Alta tensió
Xarxes elèctriques--Estabilitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica
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Sumario:High-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems linked to AC grids with converters are promising energy transmission systems. These systems present complex AC- and DC-side dynamic interactions. Impedance-based stability studies have recently been proposed to assess DC-side dynamics from DC-side characterization of voltage source converters (VSCs) considering AC-side dynamics. However, the existing approaches used for stability studies in VSC-HVDC systems do not completely model VSCs because they do not consider together the VSC delay, the grid voltage feedforward filter, and all the d- and q-reference current controls. Moreover, these approaches are analytically characterized from dq-real space vectors (less related to circuit theory than dq-complex space vectors), and some work with simple AC grids. The main contribution of this paper is a detailed and complete DC admittance model of VSCs from dq-complex space vectors, which considers the VSC delay, feedforward filter, and d- and q-reference current controls, and also a general AC grid. The proposed model can be used for DC-side stability studies in VSC-HVDC systems considering AC grid dynamics. The capabilities and drawbacks of impedance-based stability methods for DC-side stability assessment were analyzed, and the positive-net-damping criterion was validated as a robust approach. The model was validated by PSCAD/EMTDC simulations and applied to a stability study in a VSC-HVDC system.