Power hardware in the loop validation of fault ride through of VSC HVDC connected offshore wind power plants

Ranjan SHARMA1, Qiuwei WU2, Seung Tae CHA2, Kim H. JENSEN1, Tonny W. RASMUSSEN2, Jacob ØSTEGAARD2
1Siemens Wind Power A/S, Brander, Denmark
2Centre for Electric Power and Energy, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Tóm tắt

This paper presents the power hardware in the loop (PHIL) validation of a feed forward DC voltage control scheme for the fault ride through (FRT) of voltage source converter (VSC) high voltage DC (HVDC) connected offshore wind power plants (WPPs). In the proposed FRT scheme, the WPP collector network AC voltage is actively controlled by considering both the DC voltage error and the AC current from the WPP AC collector system which ensures fast and robust FRT of the VSC HVDC connected offshore WPPs. The PHIL tests were carried out in order to verify the efficacy of the proposed feed forward DC voltage control scheme for enhancing the FRT capability of the VSC HVDC connected WPPs. The PHIL test results have demonstrated the proper control coordination between the offshore WPP and the WPP side VSC and the efficient FRT of the VSC HVDC connected WPPs.

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