<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The recent developments in semiconductors and control equipment have made the voltage source converter based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) feasible. This new DC transmission is known as "HVDC Light or "HVDC Plus by leading vendors. Due to the use of VSC technology and pulse width modulation (PWM) the VSC-HVDC has a number of potential advantages as compared with classic HVDC. In this paper, the scenario of back-to-back VSC-HVDC link connecting two adjacent asynchronous AC networks is studied. Control strategy is implemented and its dynamic performances during disturbances are investigated in MATLAB/Simulink program. The simulation results have shown good performance of the proposed system under balanced and unbalanced fault conditions.</p></abstract>

The recent developments in semiconductors and control equipment have made the voltage source converter based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) feasible. This new DC transmission is known as "HVDC Light or "HVDC Plus by leading vendors. Due to the use of VSC technology and pulse width modulation (PWM) the VSC-HVDC has a number of potential advantages as compared with classic HVDC. In this paper, the scenario of back-to-back VSC-HVDC link connecting two adjacent asynchronous AC networks is studied. Control strategy is implemented and its dynamic performances during disturbances are investigated in MATLAB/Simulink program. The simulation results have shown good performance of the proposed system under balanced and unbalanced fault conditions.

Dynamic Performance of a Back-to-Back HVDC Station Based on Voltage Source Converters

Electrical Engineering Department Intelligent Control & Electrical Power Systems Laboratory (ICEPS), Djillali Liabes University, Sidi Bel-Abbes, 22000, Algeria

Journal of Electrical Engineering

The recent developments in semiconductors and control equipment have made the voltage source converter based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) feasible....

Dynamic Performance of a Back-to-Back HVDC Station Based on Voltage Source Converters

Published Online: Jun 07, 2011

Page range: 29 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-010-0004-9

Keywords
HVDC, voltage source converter (VSC), IGBT, SPWM, control design

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Dynamic Performance of a Back-to-Back HVDC Station Based on Voltage Source Converters

Published Online: Jun 07, 2011

Page range: 29 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-010-0004-9

KeywordsHVDC, voltage source converter (VSC), IGBT, SPWM, control design

This content is open access.

Keywords
HVDC, voltage source converter (VSC), IGBT, SPWM, control design