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Reduced pole to pole voltage deviations through stopping MMC blockading loss of terminals below DC faults
Author(s) -
Raghad Hameed Ahmed,
Ali Abdulwahhab Abdulrazzaq
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/881/1/012130
Subject(s) - converters , fault (geology) , electrical engineering , blocking (statistics) , computer science , voltage , topology (electrical circuits) , engineering , computer network , seismology , geology
Allergy of voltage supply converters to DC, faults are recognized as the essential obstacle in the direction of significant implementation of meshed DC networks. Because of low flood current capability of Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), the converters are blocked under excessive currents to prevent permanent damage to the modules converter blocking off all at once interrupts the power float and reasons a significant strength imbalance in together the AC and DC grid. This paper aims to develop dependability and safety of DC networks per the support of stopping harm of terminals below DC faults. The fault response of a modular-multilevel converter is studied analytically and via simulations. It recognized that the Modular-multilevel converter (MMC) goes through quite a few tiers beneath a DC fault, and every stage has distinct dynamics. The effect of the converter showing too occupied into reason. DC grid topology has a fundamental force on safety structure diagram and performance if a pair of converters linked to the same bus, fault contemporary is shared between the converters and fault modern-day slope of each person converter is reduced. Converter blocking off can, as a result, disallowed and protection device necessities container be relaxed. Temporary MMC blocking off studied like every other approach for keeping off the loss of terminals underneath DC faults. The gain of this strategy is low safety gadget value and decreased affect regular grid operation. A thermal valve model developed to investigate peak thermal stress on antiparallel diodes. Coordination between MMC self-protection and fault detection relays proposed, as nicely as the use of converter DC circuit breaker (DCCB) for backup protection.

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