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Voltage balancing control of chain link converter application to interconnection system
Author(s) -
Konishi Hiroo,
Verma Suresh C.,
Sugimoto Shigeyuki,
Ogawa Shigeaki
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ieej transactions on electrical and electronic engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1931-4981
pISSN - 1931-4973
DOI - 10.1002/tee.20054
Subject(s) - converters , interconnection , hvdc converter station , voltage , transmission system , transient (computer programming) , computer science , electrical engineering , high voltage direct current , voltage source , electronic engineering , transmission (telecommunications) , engineering , direct current , telecommunications , operating system
An application of the chain link converter (CLC) system, which consists of multiple single‐phase voltage source converters (VSCs) connected in parallel or series, is studied as interconnection systems. In a CLC‐high voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) system, single‐phase converters must be connected in series on the DC side to make the DC voltage high, and the DC voltage of each converter must be controlled to the same value to get an appropriate capacity. This paper describes a DC voltage balancing control (DVBC) method between series converters. Simulations and simulator tests in steady states and in transient states were carried out to confirm behaviors of the CLC‐HVDC system. Those results confirmed the viability of CLC applications to interconnection systems. © 2006 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.