Efficient Grounding for Modular Multilevel HVDC Converters (MMC) on the AC Side
- 1 April 2014
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
- Vol. 29 (3), 1262-1272
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tpwrd.2014.2311796
Abstract
An unbalance voltage between a positive pole and negative pole will exist for a long time in an ungrounded modular multilevel converter (MMC) HVDC transmission system. A zig-zag transformer has been proposed to construct an artificial neutral point and keep voltage balance between the positive pole and the negative pole. An efficient grounding system consists of the zig-zag transformer and the neutral grounding resistor. In this paper, the different impedances, including positive-, negative-, zero-sequence impedance, and dc current impedance, have been analyzed, respectively. Then, the computer simulations have been performed to evaluate the characteristic of the zig-zag transformer under normal voltage, zero-sequence voltage and unbalanced dc voltage, respectively. The simulation results show that the zig-zag transformer can effectively balance the unbalanced voltage in dc side of the MMC under different work conditions; the zero-sequence impedance is low and zero-sequence current is convenient for the detection of a single-phase fault; the power consumption of the neutral grounding resistor is of a light rating, and the cooling of the resistor is unnecessary. The method presented in this paper proves to be an efficient grounding method for the MMC-HVDC transmission system.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51261130471)
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